This trilingual silver coin issued from the Chatigrama mint (Chittagong) in AD 1593 during the reign of the king of Arakan / Salim Shah's reign 1593 AD to 1612 AD. On the front part of the trilingual coin inscribed with the Arakanese language and alphabets and on the back upper inscrived with Arabic while the lower part is proto-Bengali script. Obverse : Within a double circles spanned by dots, (the legend is in Burmese script, but we give the translation), "963, Lord of the White Elephant, Lord of Men and Land, Salim Shah (1593-1612 AD)". Reverse : Within a circle, divided into two parts, upper part having Arabic script and lower part having Bengali script. This coin is the avidance of cultural harmony in this region.

History of the Object

Chittagong, an ancient seaport with a natural harbor in Asia, has an enriched history as a gateway to Bengal with over a thousand years of Haritage. Numerous rulers periodically occupied this region and thus it flourished with diverse cultural confloance. This Coin issued from the mint of Chatgaon. Chatgaon is modern Chittagong and was also named Islamabad by shaista khan (1664-1688). Sultan Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah gave Chatgaon (Chittagong) the status of a mint town. The mint was discontinued by his successors but was again revived by Sultan Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah, who issued coins from here from1415 AD to1431 AD. It may be mentioned here that Danujmardana Deva and his son Mahendra Deva also issued coins from the mint of Chatigrama (Chittagong), obviously the same place.