Uttar Pradesh: Around 400 Mughal-era coins found during temple construction work

In a latest development, around 400 coins dating back to the Mughal era were found during the construction work at a temple at Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Revealing more about this development, Superintendent of Police Sagar Jain said a few labourers stumbled upon the coins recently, while digging soil for erecting a boundary wall at Sati Dham temple in Hussainpur village.
The police, after getting information about the discovery, reached the spot and took the coins in their custody. Jain further added that the coins had inscriptions in Arabic language, and were used during the Mughal period.
The SP also stated that the archaeological department will examine the coins and confirm the metal used in making them.

Elaborating more on this, a historian added that most of the coins found are from the era of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, and that the coins are made of silver.

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If reports are to go by, most of the coins found are estimated to be around 350 years old, whereas the weight of each coin is more than 11 grams. Reportedly, each coin in the market has a value of around INR 3,500.

A similar incident happened earlier this year too, when several Mughal-era square-shaped coins, probably dating back to the early 14 and 15 century, surfaced during a construction work in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh.

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During that time, villagers, reportedly, took home many of the coins, which were made from bronze, silver and copper. Preliminary assessment by experts from the archaeological department added that these were Mughal-era ‘mohurs’ (coins).