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1 Kasu
| Issuer | Madurai, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1600-1735 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Tamil language inscription arranged within the field, reading 'Sri Vira', a royal epithet referencing the reigning Nayaka ruler. The lettering is rendered in a cursive Tamil script characteristic of the Madurai Nayaka period, with characters distributed across the available flan. The die work is irregular, reflecting the hand-struck nature of these small copper issues, and the legends show typical softness of strike. |
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| Reverse lettering | ஸ்ரீ வீர |
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The Madurai Nayaks ruled as nominally Vijayanagara vassals long after the empire itself had collapsed at Talikota in 1565, and their copper kasu coinage reflects that political ambiguity — maintaining older iconographic conventions while operating as a fully independent sultanate in practice. By the early eighteenth century the kingdom was fracturing under Maratha pressure, and Mughal encroachment from the north left minting activity increasingly irregular before Madurai was finally absorbed into the expanding dominion of Thanjavur and later the Carnatic.