News, site developments, and collecting notes
April 2026
The only Muslim-ruled principality among the Cis-Sutlej states. Nawabi coinage from 1762 to 1947, the frozen Ahmad Shah Durrani legend, the initial-letter attribution system, Temple's 1889 monograph, the genealogy of the ruling house, and the enduring legacy of Sher Muhammad Khan's protest in 1705.
April 2026
A Muslim poet from Amritsar wrote the most celebrated poem on the fall of the Khalsa Raj. Shah Mohammad's Jangnama Singhan te Firangian — 105 stanzas on the palace intrigues that followed Ranjit Singh's death, the battles of Mudki, Ferozeshah and Sobraon, and the treachery that destroyed the Sikh Empire from within. Why a numismatist reads a poem.
April 2026
A walk through the full arc of Sikh numismatic history — from Banda Singh Bahadur's first rupees at Lohgarh in 1710, through the extraordinary collective coinage of the eleven Misls, to Maharaja Ranjit Singh's fourteen-mint empire. The Gobindshahi and Nanakshahi couplets, the coin types, the symbols, and the silence of 1849.
April 2026
After a long hiatus, numis.in is back online with a fresh design. This site will serve as a personal hub — linking to my ongoing research on SikhCoins.in, journal publications, and occasional collecting notes. More content coming soon.
2025
Several major pages added to SikhCoins.in over the past year: a comprehensive Fakes & Forgeries section with three documented case studies; the Morashahi Rupee page with a four-type classification including a previously undocumented VS 1868 specimen; Women of the Lahore Darbar; and Foreign Officers in Sikh Service.
2025
Various articles published over the years in Numismatic Journals, covering Coins of the Sikhs & the Cis-Sutlej States, and also Exonumia like Tokens & Seals. Academia.edu
2023
Presented a paper about a new discovery in the Cis-Sutlej states coinage, adding a new coin issuing state to the corpus, at the Numismatic Society of India's conference at Shimla.
2022
Presented at the Royal Numismatic Society - NDMC numismatic exhibition, bringing together collectors and scholars from across the nation.