Other Peninsular Polities – Alupas

The Two Fishes "the Meena lanchhana", was the dynastic emblem of the Alupas or Alvas, who ruled present-day Mangalore and Udupi districts of the state Karnataka and the Kasaragod district of the state Kerala for nearly 1000 years. They ruled the Alvakheda region independently in the beginning (200 BC to 450 CE). (Extract from Marudhar Arts)

Cat No	Obverse	Reverse	Provenance	Wt/Diam	Comments
	Two stylized fish flanked by a conch shell and lamp.	Devanagari legend Sri pa-ndya Dhanam Jaya in three line.	Classical Numismatic Gallery, sale 40, lot 139	3.60g	Alupas of Udipi, uncertain ruler (14th century AD), base gold pagoda, Udipi mint, MCSI-I 219-221
	two vertical fish (Meena lanchana) flanked by poorna kumbha and a pedestal lamp, a parasol above and a lotus below,	the Nagari legend "Sri Pandya Dhanajaya" in three lines with interlinear rules,	Marudhar Arts, sale 34, Lot 84	3.58g ~13.1mm	Alupas of Alvakheda (BC 200-450 CE), Gold Gadyana Unpublished
	Pair of fish separated by a lamp stand/standard, sun and moon above.	Kannada letter Dha and Ankush (elephant-goad).	Classical Numismatic Gallery, sale 36, lot 148	1.33g	Alupas of Coastal Karnataka and Udipi, copper cash, attributed to Kulasekhara Alupendra (1335-1346 AD), not published in major sources,
	Vertical two Fishes the royal parasol above, the Lotus. Purnakumbha and Flywhisk on two sides.	Kannada letter "Sri".	Oswal Auctions, sale 79, lot 164	0.36g	Alupas, Gold Fanam,