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1 Mohar - Mahindra Simha
| Issuer | Kathmandu Kingdom (Malla dynasty) |
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| Year | 835 (1715) |
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| Currency | Mohar (1546-1932) |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a stylized upright sword (khanda) in relief, flanked by Ranjana script legend within a raised circular border, with the Nepal Sambat date inscribed below the sword. The surrounding annular field is filled with an ornate floral and foliate pattern of stylized blossoms and scrolling vegetal motifs in high relief, mirroring the obverse design. The entire composition is encircled by a continuous beaded or rope border at the rim. |
| Reverse script | Ranjana |
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The Malla kingdoms of the Kathmandu Valley — Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur — operated as rival city-states throughout the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, each minting their own coinage as a direct assertion of independent authority. Mahindra Simha ruled Kathmandu during a period of intensifying pressure from both neighboring Malla rivals and the expanding Gorkha kingdom to the west, whose eventual conquest under Prithvi Narayan Shah in 1768 would extinguish Malla coinage entirely.
The mohar was the standard silver denomination underpinning Newar trade networks across the Himalayan passes into Tibet.