Consider teh following statements Assertion A Muhammad bin Tughluq issued the new coins which was ca...........

Ancient and Medival History Sultanate Period

Consider teh following statements

Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughluq issued the new coins, which was called dinar by Ibn Battuta.

Reason (R): Tughluq wanted to annex all the inhabited areas of the world for which a treasury was required to pay the army.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

Historian Ishwari Prasad writes that different coins of different shapes and sizes were produced by his mints which lacked the artistic perfection of design and finish.
In 1330, after his failed expedition to Deogiri, he issued token currency; that is coins of brass and copper were minted whose value was equal to that of gold and silver coins.
Historian Ziauddin Barani felt that this step was taken by Tughluq as he wanted to annex all the inhabited areas of the world for which a treasury was required to pay the army.