The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c17.s2.t12: (8) The Kaḷachūri coinage
The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c17.s2.t12
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(8) The Kaḷachūri coinage
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The later Cāḷukyas were superseded by Kaḷachūri Bijjala by about the middle of the twelfth century. After the murder of this king in 1167, he was in turn succeeded by his son Soma or Rāya Murāri. A few rare gold coins have been found in the Satara district, weighing on the average about 55 grains, and having on the obverse a dancing figure facing to the right and on the reverse a legend in three lines in old Canarese characters, of which the second line reads Murāri (Pl. LXV, 10). This coin type had been attributed to the Kaḷachūri ruler Soma or Murāri,³ and the attribution is quite probable.
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³ Elliot, *Coins of South India*, p. 152; pl. iii. 87.