Coins Of India-Amirs And Sultans Sindh

Saif ud din Hasan Qurlugh



This coin is ref.no.SS-013 of Goron and Goenka.
Obv: recumbent bull facing left, "Sri Hasan Kurlaka" in corrupt Nagari above.
Rev: Horseman facing right.

If I can contribute the few pre-Islamic Sindh coins I have:

As you had mentioned above, Sindh was rarely if ever an independent entity from the time of the Mauryan dynasty until the collapse of the Gupta in ca. 450-500 AD. The Alchon Huns are believed to be the ones who broke up the Gupta empire, and were the only ones to strike into the heartland, raiding and pillaging as they went. They were beaten by an alliance of Indian states, but a small holdout seems to have established itself in the region from c. 500-600. Attested only through coins, the "Sri Yashaaditya" obols feature a peculiar Hunnic bust, and a reverse motif of either Shiva's Trident, or a Sassanian fire altar (with or without attendants)




This kingdom fizzled out and was replaced with the Kingdom of Sindh, led by Buddhist kings of the Rai dynasty, 524-632 AD. Rai Sahasi died childless, and his kingdom was usurped by his Hindu chamberlain, Chach of Alor, who had long been having an illicit affair with his wife. The Brahmin dynasty ruled until 724, when it was toppled by Muslim invaders.

This coin sometimes attributed to Chach or his successors, "Sri Parakutta" featuring a degenerate bust and a Brahmi legend around a rudimentary fire altar


This type was adopted by the earliest Amirs, replacing the bust with an Arabic legend. I have one, but it is still en route from India.

There are also more mysterious silver coins, about 14mm across and uniface, featuring raised bumps and a two or three word legend, this one "Ha Si"

Here is an overlay to the Sri Yashaaditya coin

Overlay to coin no.7-b


Obv:"Sri Hasan kurlugha" above recumbent bull facing left.
Rev: "Sri Hamira" above horseman facing right.

Dear DagonX :)
Thank you for the post. Your ID of the first two coins is right. And the third coin also is from the area of Sind and Punjab. Here is a close match (though not completely the same) you can find at the link below. Reverse looks the same and obverse differs in the lower lines of legend. The type confirms it to Sind. At present, ruler cannot be fixed. But we might strike more info to pin point attribution later.

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=36003