Chandrabad

Chandrabad was a mint town of the Bengal Sultanate. Its name survives on a coin of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah, whose reign at the turn of the sixteenth century produced issues from several centres across Bengal. The mint has been associated with Chandpur in the Murshidabad country, a place linked to the sultan’s early life. Its coins offer a small but tangible record of the reach of his monetary authority.