India, Chaulukya dynasty, 1 Drachma – ND

Description

Rajputs dynasty of the Soanki clan that occupied parts of Gujarat and Rajastán between the 20th and the XIII. Its capital fell in the current Patan. They resisted the Gaznávida invasion but weakened by internal rebellions in addition to other external invasions. In 1249 the vaghelas, who had previously served the Chaulukya, took power starting a new dynasty. The mintings are of the type known as Indo-Sasanida, following the stylized design of Sasanid coinage. These types of currencies were standardized in the region after the decline of the Gupta Empire, surely copying the designs of the coins of the Alchon Hunos, which invaded the north of India towards the 500 A.D.