Jabili or Naga Coins
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"Jabili or Naga Coins."
Archive of Mathematical Practices.
Accessed September 9, 2026.
https://echoes.ifpindia.org/s/shmp_landing/document/ASS_ASM_JNC_002
Item Details
- Title
- Jabili or Naga Coins
- Description
- Used by the Ao Section of Naga community. Jabily was a sacred and valuable item used by the Ao Nagas before British rule, accessible only to the wealthy. It served in trade, rituals, and healing practices. Theft was punishable by death. Fifteen Jabilies marked house pillars for prosperity. A slave cost 50, and a mithun, 100 Jabilies.
- Identifier
- ASS_ASM_JNC_002
- Title Variant
- জাবিলি, নগা তামৰ মুদ্ৰা (বিনিময়ৰ এটা মাধ্যম)
- Title Translation
- Jābili, Nagā Tāmar Mudrā (Binimayar Etā Mādhyam)
- Current Accession Id
- ASM 1536
- Date Submitted
- 1941-01-11
- Format
- 21 cm x 1 cm
- Medium
- Copper
- Spatial Coverage
- 26.185555273109326, 91.7520393450234
- Accrual Method
- Donation
- Contributor
- S. C. Goswami, Inspector of Schools
- Temporal Coverage
- Pre-British Period
- Current Repository Id
-
Assam State Museum, Guwahati
Assam State Museum, Guwahati
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