Kandyan massa

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Kandyan massa was a traditional coin used as a monetary unit in the historical Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kandyan royal administration 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coin
historical currency unit
associatedWith Kandyan kings
Kandyan massa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kandyan royal administration
category numismatics of Sri Lanka
circulationArea Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
surface form: central highlands of Sri Lanka
country Sri Lanka
culturalContext Sinhalese culture
denominationOf Kandyan currency
governedBy Kandyan kings
surface form: Kandyan royal court
historicalPeriod early modern period
pre‑colonial Sri Lanka
historicalStatus obsolete currency unit
location Sri Lanka
monetarySystem Kandyan monetary system
namedAfter Kandy
partOf history of Sri Lankan currency
replacedBy British colonial currency in Ceylon
usedBefore full British colonial rule in Sri Lanka
usedBy inhabitants of the Kingdom of Kandy
usedFor monetary transactions
tax payments
trade
usedIn Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
usedInRegion Kandyan Kingdom

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Kandyan massa associatedWith Kandyan massa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kandyan royal administration
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy