Kakatiya Coins and Measures

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With high regards I offer my heart-felt thanks to Dr. N. Ramesan, our Director, for his valuable opinion on this small book, in the introduction and to Dr. N. Venkataramanaiah with whom I had an opportunity to discuss the points herein. I express my indebtedness to Sri Turaga Krishnamurthy, B. A. and Sri C. Somasun- dararao, Lecturer, Andhra University Waltair, who supplied two photoprints of the seal for my examination.

I am also indebted to the officers and staff of the Government Text-book Press for kindly taking up the printing of this book in right earnest and completing it in time.

This small monograph by Sri. P. V. Parabrahma Sastry, Deputy Director (Epigraphy) of the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Andhra Pradesh, on "Kakatlya Coins and Measures" is an exceedingly interesting and thought-provoking one.

For the first time, the author, who is a distinguished epigraphist, has sought to identify the several gold and other coins which have been discovered in the past, with inscriptions like "Raya Gaja Kesari" and "Daya Gaja Kësari" with Kakatiya coins. He has based his arguments mainly on the seal of the Khandavalli Copper Plate grant which bears the inscription "Daya Gaja Kesari" in clear letters. The author attributes the grant of this plate to Prataparudra of the Käkatiya dynasty and hence argues that the title "Daya Gaja Kesari" belongs to him. There may be some doubt about this, but the various stone and other epigraphs, quoted by the author, and specially the Terala inscription quoted by him leave no doubt, that Kumara Rudradeva Maharaja i.e. Prataparudra did have the title Daya Gaja Kesari. In view of this, the conclusion of the author, that the coins having the legends "Raya Gaja Kesari" and "Daya Gaja Kesari" should be attributed to the Kakatiyas, carries great weight indeed.