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What was the biggest mistake committed by Muhammad Tughluq?

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The biggest mistake committed by Muhammad Tughluq was the introduction of to ken currency. The innovative scheme was good but it ended in a failure. Due to the shortage of gold and silver, he introduced currency of copper and brass coins in place of gold and silver coins. The plan in itself was good but the Sultan could not take any step to check forgery and the result was that people began to mint coins in their houses. As a result, foreign trade suffered. The state treasury was thus flooded with forged coins. At last, the Sultan decided to withdraw the copper coins and the people were paid back in gold and silver coins. The royal treasury suffered immense losses and it ruined the economy.