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Gurramkonda mint DOCUMENTED Henderson identifies Gurramkonda with Tipu’s Zafarabad mint. Coin attribution does not establish the physical location of a mint building.
Period Eighteenth century
Other names No verified alternate name recorded
Location Precise coordinates awaiting verification Questions for the record Confirm identity, construction phases, provenance and coordinates from documentary evidence and a site survey.
Sources & Further Reading (2) The Coins of Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan J. R. Henderson · Government Press, Madras · 1921 · Mint discussion: Zafarabad (Gurramkonda).
NUMISMATIC
How this source is used: Historical museum catalogue; compare its identifications with later numismatic scholarship.
Open external source ↗ 18th Century Coinage of the Cuddapah Region Shailendra Bhandare · Oriental Numismatic Society · 2006 · ONS Newsletter 186; Cuddapah and Gurramkonda discussion.
NUMISMATIC
How this source is used: Research based on coin specimens. Some older Gurramkonda attributions are explicitly rejected; undated coins do not establish a precise year.
Open external source ↗ In the chronology READ THE CONNECTED HISTORY
Zafarabad: when Gurramkonda minted coins → A mint-name can preserve a town’s place in a political system even when the building in which coins were made has not been located. Zafarabad is such a trace. Its association with Gurramkonda is documented, but the precise nature of that association needs to stay visible whenever the name is used.
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DOCUMENTED The physical mint location is unknown, but the mint-name association is supported by catalogue evidence.
Explore the mint record → Sources & Further Reading (2) The Coins of Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan J. R. Henderson · Government Press, Madras · 1921 · Mint discussion: Zafarabad (Gurramkonda).
NUMISMATIC
How this source is used: Historical museum catalogue; compare its identifications with later numismatic scholarship.
Open external source ↗ 18th Century Coinage of the Cuddapah Region Shailendra Bhandare · Oriental Numismatic Society · 2006 · ONS Newsletter 186; Cuddapah and Gurramkonda discussion.
NUMISMATIC
How this source is used: Research based on coin specimens. Some older Gurramkonda attributions are explicitly rejected; undated coins do not establish a precise year.
Open external source ↗ Connected archive records (5) These links follow associations recorded in the archive. They do not establish a builder, genealogy or precise location.