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Message:: [QUOTE="Ancientnoob, post: 2575943, member: 44140"]In the earliest times hence the plaque coins in such the principle mint was Anuradhapura, the seat of the king and government. During the high middle ages, right around 1000 the Chola from south India invaded. Which ended the first kingdom. During the period of the reconquest of the island by the natives there were several mints opperating in the south of the island and most coins of that brief period are attributed to Rahuna. Polonnaruwa is considered the second kingdom and the principle mint from the time of Viajabahu I till about the early 13th century with the demise of Queen Lilivati my the Indian tyrant Kalinga Magha who did not issue coins and established the Jaffna kingdom. Polonnaruwa was abandoned in the mid 14th century and from that point on administration and minting came from Yapahuwa and later Kandy, all of which change with the establishment of the Portuguese on the island a short time later. The mints are primarily attributed to where the administration was and existing archaeological evidence. The standing primary reference is... a snipet about the book and author.<a href="https://sirimunasiha.wordpress.com/about/1640-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sirimunasiha.wordpress.com/about/1640-2/" rel="nofollow">https://sirimunasiha.wordpress.com/about/1640-2/</a>[/QUOTE]