Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6100

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ṭaṅka (EI 9,20; CII 4; ML), name of a coin; cf. Vijayarāja-ṭaṅka, ṭaṅka issued by Vijayarāja; spelt often as ṭaṅkā and in old Bengali as taṅkā; same as śāna also called dharaṇa; a coin in general; regarded as equal to 4 silver fanams; name applied to both gold and silver issues 80 ratis in weight (JNSI, Vol. XXII, pp. 197-98); silver coins of the Delhi Sulṭāns—96 or 100 ratis in weight. See JNSI, Vol. XVI, pp. 42-49. Cf. śaśukāni-ṭaṅka, hema-ṭaṅka, raupya-ṭaṅka; also ṭaṅka (LP), a copper coin equal to half of a pice.