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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 135

Tripura, Indra Manikya (1744-?), Tanka, 10.61g, Sk 1666, citing Queen Lakshmivati, obverse as previous lot, but different date, rev. in four lines; Gopinath Pade/ Śri Śri Yutendra Mani/kya Deva Śri Lakshmi/vati Maha Devyau within square with ornaments outside, lingam at top between Śi and vah (RB. 245; KM. 219), good very fine with some toning; of the highest rarity

Indra Manikya was the son of Mukunda Manikya and, with the help of the Nawab of Murshidabad, gained the throne from Jaya. The tanka has an invocation to Gopinath, "The Lord of the Milkmaids", i.e. Krishna. This is the only instance of this invocation in the whole Tripura series.

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