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Evidence coverage: AD 912–AD 969. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
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Pratihara / Siyadoni dramma accounting
CUR-V36-SIYADONI-DRAMMA · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: AD 912–AD 969; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Unit and issue records 3 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Invested capital in drammas · C2030
Recurring dramma obligation · C2031
Dramma-denominated rent · C2032
Latest research
Medieval dramma account identitySiyadoni deeds specify investments, rent and recurring payments in named dramma forms. Admit a scoped Pratihara/Siyadoni account profile; preserve the adivaraha and vigrahapala distinctions without assuming every regional dramma identical.
Sources and qualifications → Invested capital in drammasA deed dated Vikrama 969 records1,850 Adivaraha drammas invested with liquor distillers. The912–913 CE range dates the recorded transaction, not the later inscription’s production or currency origin.
Sources and qualifications → Recurring dramma obligationA Vikrama 1005 deed assigns a monthly one-third-dramma payment. The948–949 CE range preserves the calendrical conversion uncertainty.
Sources and qualifications → Dramma-denominated rentA Vikrama 1025 deed assigns a quarter Adivaraha dramma from rent, witnessing the account in 968–969 CE.
Sources and qualifications → Open bridge toward today’s rupeesIndo-Greek denominations spread into India, but De Romanis shows that drachm coins could circulate while accounts remained in karsapana. Neither that coin sequence nor a repeated dramma name establishes the missing medieval-to-Mughal account links.
Sources and qualifications → Qualified drachm ancestryCribb traces medieval Indian dramma denominations through Sasanian imports; Deyell connects that branch to named Pratihara epigraphic forms. Combined with Siyadoni obligations, this supports qualified compressed ancestry through Hunnic and regional stages, not a direct Qom-to-India transfer.
Sources and qualifications → Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
912–913supportedA deed dated Vikrama 969 records1,850 Adivaraha drammas invested with liquor distillers. The912–913 CE range dates the recorded transaction, not the later inscription’s production or currency origin.
C2030 948–949supportedA Vikrama 1005 deed assigns a monthly one-third-dramma payment. The948–949 CE range preserves the calendrical conversion uncertainty.
C2031 968–969supportedA Vikrama 1025 deed assigns a quarter Adivaraha dramma from rent, witnessing the account in 968–969 CE.
C2032
Evidence & research notes 6 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C2029
Siyadoni deeds specify investments, rent and recurring payments in named dramma forms. Admit a scoped Pratihara/Siyadoni account profile; preserve the adivaraha and vigrahapala distinctions without assuming every regional dramma identical.
F. Kielhorn · Siyadoni Inscription, Epigraphia Indica I (1892) Citation S1066 ·
Open source ↗pp.167–169: deeds11,21 and final rent; Vikrama969,1005,1025; pp.1–2, Indo-Sasanian currency zones; epigraphic vigrahapala and adivaraha forms; DOI10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00595
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Edition abstract/translation and chronology pp.167–169 inspected in OCR; copied older deed dates distinguished from inscription production.
John S. Deyell · Early Medieval Currency Pattern (North India), Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Asia and Africa (2021) Citation S1065 ·
Open source ↗pp.167–169: deeds11,21 and final rent; Vikrama969,1005,1025; pp.1–2, Indo-Sasanian currency zones; epigraphic vigrahapala and adivaraha forms; DOI10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00595
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C2030
A deed dated Vikrama 969 records1,850 Adivaraha drammas invested with liquor distillers. The912–913 AD range dates the recorded transaction, not the later inscription’s production or currency origin.
F. Kielhorn · Siyadoni Inscription, Epigraphia Indica I (1892) Citation S1066 ·
Open source ↗pp.167–169: deeds11,21 and final rent; Vikrama969,1005,1025
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Edition abstract/translation and chronology pp.167–169 inspected in OCR; copied older deed dates distinguished from inscription production.
Supported C2031
A Vikrama 1005 deed assigns a monthly one-third-dramma payment. The948–949 AD range preserves the calendrical conversion uncertainty.
F. Kielhorn · Siyadoni Inscription, Epigraphia Indica I (1892) Citation S1066 ·
Open source ↗pp.167–169: deeds11,21 and final rent; Vikrama969,1005,1025
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Edition abstract/translation and chronology pp.167–169 inspected in OCR; copied older deed dates distinguished from inscription production.
Supported C2032
A Vikrama 1025 deed assigns a quarter Adivaraha dramma from rent, witnessing the account in 968–969 AD.
F. Kielhorn · Siyadoni Inscription, Epigraphia Indica I (1892) Citation S1066 ·
Open source ↗pp.167–169: deeds11,21 and final rent; Vikrama969,1005,1025
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Edition abstract/translation and chronology pp.167–169 inspected in OCR; copied older deed dates distinguished from inscription production.
Qualified C2035
Indo-Greek denominations spread into India, but De Romanis shows that drachm coins could circulate while accounts remained in karsapana. Neither that coin sequence nor a repeated dramma name establishes the missing medieval-to-Mughal account links.
Joe Cribb · Greekness after the end of the Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, in Rachel Mairs, ed. (2020) Citation S1064pp.666–669, Staters and drachmas; distinguish Indo-Greek and later Sasanian routes; pp.135–137, especially136 notes75–79; DOI10.17885/heiup.1582.c22725
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Federico De Romanis · Notes on Barygaza’s Trade: Commodities and Coins at an Asian Crossroads (2025) Citation S1067 ·
Open source ↗pp.666–669, Staters and drachmas; distinguish Indo-Greek and later Sasanian routes; pp.135–137, especially136 notes75–79; DOI10.17885/heiup.1582.c22725
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Qualified C2040
Cribb traces medieval Indian dramma denominations through Sasanian imports; Deyell connects that branch to named Pratihara epigraphic forms. Combined with Siyadoni obligations, this supports qualified compressed ancestry through Hunnic and regional stages, not a direct Qom-to-India transfer.
Joe Cribb · Greekness after the end of the Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, in Rachel Mairs, ed. (2020) Citation S1064pp.666–669, Staters and drachmas; distinguish Indo-Greek and later Sasanian routes; pp.1–2, Indo-Sasanian currency zones; epigraphic vigrahapala and adivaraha forms; DOI10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00595; pp.167–169: deeds11,21 and final rent; Vikrama969,1005,1025
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
John S. Deyell · Early Medieval Currency Pattern (North India), Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Asia and Africa (2021) Citation S1065 ·
Open source ↗pp.666–669, Staters and drachmas; distinguish Indo-Greek and later Sasanian routes; pp.1–2, Indo-Sasanian currency zones; epigraphic vigrahapala and adivaraha forms; DOI10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00595; pp.167–169: deeds11,21 and final rent; Vikrama969,1005,1025
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
F. Kielhorn · Siyadoni Inscription, Epigraphia Indica I (1892) Citation S1066 ·
Open source ↗pp.666–669, Staters and drachmas; distinguish Indo-Greek and later Sasanian routes; pp.1–2, Indo-Sasanian currency zones; epigraphic vigrahapala and adivaraha forms; DOI10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00595; pp.167–169: deeds11,21 and final rent; Vikrama969,1005,1025
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Edition abstract/translation and chronology pp.167–169 inspected in OCR; copied older deed dates distinguished from inscription production.