Ancient India Panchmark / Copper Coin

Chittor - Copper 2 Pies (?)

Very Old Antique, Non Dated Coin / Panchmark

Symbol : Trishul on one side (see scans )

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State located in Rajputana, northwest India. Capital: Udaipur / Chittor

The rulers of Mewar were universally regarded as the highest ranking Rajput house in India. The Maharana of Mewar was looked upon as the representative of RAMA, the ancient king of Ayodhya - & the family who were Sesodiya rajputs of the Gehlot clan, traced its descent through Rama to Kanaksen, who ruled in the 2nd century. The clan is believed to have migrated to Chittor from Gujarat sometime in the 8th century.

None of the indigeneous rulers of India resisted the Muslim invasions into India with greater tenacity than the Rajputs of Mewar. It was their proud boast that they have never permitted a daugher to go into the Mughal harem. 3 times the fortress and town of Chittor had fallen to Muslim invaders, to Alauddin Khilji (1303), to Bahadur Shah of Gujarat (1534), and to Akbar (1568). Each time Chittor gradually recovered but the last was the most traumatic experience of all. Rather than to submit to the Mughal onslaught, the women burned themselves on funeral pyres in a fearfull rite called 'Jauhar', and the men fell on the swords of the invaders.

After the sacking of Chittor the Rana Udaisingh, retired to the Arawali hills, where he founded Udaipur, the capital after 1570. Udaisingh's son, Partab, refused to submit to the Mughal and recovered most of the territory lost in 1568. In the early 19th century Mewar suffered much at the hands of Marathas - Holkar, Sindhias and the Pindaris - until, in 1818, the State came under British supervision. In april 1948, Mewar was murged into Rajasthan and the Maharana became Governor Maharaj - Pramukh of the new province.