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stablished
1510
History of Cooch Behar
It was in the early 16th century that some Koch tribals established control over the area of the old Hindu kingdom of Kamata, which had been destroyed by Husain Shah of Bengal in the 1490s. As the area had previously been predominantly Hindu for centuries, the new rulers were an obvious target for conversion to Brahminism.
Coins were first struck by King Nara Narayana in Śaka 1477 (AD 1555), and there is some uncertainty as to whether this represented the accession year of the king, or the date of his first installation by the Brahmins as a Hinduised king. The coins of Cooch Behar are of similar weight and fabric to those of Tripura, since both copied the coins of the Bengal Sultans, rather than because of any connection between the two states.
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