Jaintia Kingdom

The Jaintia Kingdom was a kingdom in present-day North-East India. It was annexed by the British East India Company in 1835. The Jaintia Kingdom extended from the east of the Shillong Plateau of present-day Meghalaya in north-east India, into the plains to the south, and north to the Barak River valley in Assam, India.

The capital, Jaintiapur, now ruined, was located on the plains at the foot of the Jaintia Hills. Much of what is today the Sylhet region of Bangladesh was at one time under the jurisdiction of the Jaintia king.

Ruler		Reign
Prabhat Ray		1500 – 1516
Majha Gosain		1516 – 1532
Burha Parbat Ray		1532 – 1548
Bar Gosain I		1548 – 1564
Bijay Manik		1564 – 1580
Pratap Ray		1580 – 1596
Dhan Manik		1596 – 1612
Jasa Manik		1612 – 1625
Sundar Ray		1625 – 1636
Chota Parbat Ray		1636 – 1647
Jasamanta Ray		1647 – 1660
Ban Simha		1660 – 1669
Pratap Simha		1669 – 1678
Lakshmi Narayan		1678 – 1694
Ram Simha I		1694 – 1708
Jay Narayan		1708 – 1731
Bar Gosain II		1731 – 1770
Chattra Simha		1770 – 1782
Jatra Narayan		1782 – 1785
Bijay Narayan		1785 – 1790
Ram Simha II		1790 – 1832
Rajendra Simha		1832 – 1835

 

1 Tanka - Bar Gossain II, KM#177

Obv : Legend with symbol J above, 3 dots in lower left field, 2 dots at the bottom and 6 pointed star

Sri Sri Si
va Charana Ka
mala Madhu Ka
rasya

Rev : Legend with 2 crescents joined by dot at top, 2 dots to left and 3 dots to right at top, 3 dots below date

Sri Sri Ja
yantipura Pu
ransarasya Sa
ke 1653

Details :
Plain edge
KM#177
RB#K9b

1 Tanka - Ram Simha II, KM#206

Obv : Legend with symbol M above top line, 3 dots in lower field and 6 pointed star

Sri Sri Si
va Charana Ka
mala Madhu Ka
rasya

Rev : Legend with 5 dots above top line, and bud to left and right of top line

Sri Sri Ja
yantipura Pu
ransarasya Sa
ke 1712 

Details :
Plain edge
KM#206
RB#O3

References :

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaintia_Kingdom
• South Asian Coins & Paper Money (INDIAN EDITION) - Krause Publication
• The Coinage of Jaintiapur - N.G.Rhodes and S.K.Bose