Thakkar Pheru

Thakkar Pheru (IAST: Ṭhakkura Pherū) was an author of books on coins and gems in Delhi. He was active between 1291 and 1323.

Alauddin Khilji recruited Ṭhakkura Pherū, a Shrimal Jain from Kannāṇā (modern Kalpana) in Haryana, as an expert on coins, metals and gems. For the benefit of his son Hemapal, he wrote several books on related subjects including Dravyaparīkṣa in 1318 based on his experience at the mint, and the Ratnaparikṣa (Pkt. Rayaṇaparikkhā) in 1315 “having seen with my own eyes the vast collection of gems … in the treasury of ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Khaljī.” He was continuously employed until the rule of Ghiasuddin Tughluq.