History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET June 2020 History
Identify the Sultan who started the practice of putting on the tanka the name of the mint.
AQutbuddin Aibek
BIltutmish ✓ Correct
CAlauddin Khalji
DMuhammad Tughlaq
Correct answer: (B) Iltutmish — The Sultan is Iltutmish, so the answer is Iltutmish.
Explanation
★The Sultan is Iltutmish, so the answer is Iltutmish.
★Iltutmish established the silver tanka and the bullion currency.
★He is credited with putting the Delhi Sultanate on a firm coinage footing.
★He extended to India the trans-frontier practice of naming the mint town on the tanka.
★This made the coins more standard and reliable.
★So the Sultan who started putting the name of the mint on the tanka was Iltutmish.
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