India, Kashmir, 1st Lohara Dy. King Harsha (1089-1101), AE Stater, Zeno-107024

Description

This
Copper Stater
(Panchi) coin was issued under King
Harsha
(
1089-1101
AD) in
First Lohara
Dynasty,
Kingdom of
Kashmir
,
in northern-end India.   Washed.
Lohara Dynasty
was
Hindu
rulers of
Kashmir
from the Khasa tribe, in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent,
between 1003 and
approximately
1320 CE
.  The early history of the dynasty was described in the Rajatarangini (Chronicle of Kings), a work written by Kalhana
in the
mid-12th century
.  The later rulers of the dynasty were weak: internecine fighting and corruption was endemic during this period,
with
only brief years of respite, making the dynasty vulnerable to the growth of Islamic onslaughts in the region.
The
capital
of Lohara Dynasty was
Srinagar City.
Harsha
had been
a cultured man
with much to offer his people but
became as prone
to the influence of certain favourites and as corrupt,
cruel and profligate as his predecessors.  After an initial period during which the economic fortunes of the kingdom appear to have improved.
The situation deteriorated and even night soil was taxed.  All but two of the statues of Buddha in his kingdom were destroyed during his rule.
Even in
1099
, when his kingdom was ravaged by
plague
,
flood
and
famine
, as well as by lawlessness on a large scale, Harsha continued
to plunder the wealth of his subject.  Harsha faced numerous challengers to his reign and he
executed many of his relatives
.
In 1101, they murdered King Harsha.
[The above explanations are quoted from Wikipedia on each item.]
I will attach a public domain map of "
Kashmir
", made by CIA, USA government.
Srinagar
City, the
capital
,
is located at (
34.1057, 74.8163
) in the google location system.
I will attach some photos of it from the google
map system and
from the google street view system.  The snap shots of the street in Srinagar City were taken by  Mr. Munaf in November
2016 and by Mr. Waqas Wadoo in July 2021.
Copper Stater (Panchi).  Washed.
Design : Stylized seated Goddess, with a
Nagari
legend
of
"Ha / Rsha Ra"
. /
Stylized standing King, with a Nagari legend of
"Ja DeVa".
Catalogue number is MN-188 and
Zeno-107024
.
MN catalogue is "Oriental coins and their values,
Non-Islamic States & Western Colonies
.  AD 600-1979.",
written by Michael Mitchiner, published by Hawkins
Publications in London in 1979.
Zeno on line catalogue is "
Zeno. Ru - Oriental Coins Database
".
Size : 20 x 17 mm.     Weight : 5.90 gr
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small packages to many nations.  This corner had stopped in the same month. The
Japan Post Office
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accepting small packages to many
nations.
However, shipments to USA and UK and some other nations,
have
not net been accepted them,
even now
.
I have decided to re-open this corner from December 2022, and to send the coins by
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to the nations, where small packages can
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and to pay the
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The Japan Post Authority has stipulated that the current handling of international mail to some nations,
all of the air-mail can not
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