[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.6100 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6100 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6100 - **Language:** English ### [c6.6100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6100) 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. - [Previous: c6.6099](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6099) - [Next: c6.6101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6101) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6100) · Pramāṇa