For several centuries Ramatankas were the most popular form of religious token used by the Hindus in India. During their heyday, which was the inneteenth century, Ramatankas were used from the Ganges valley in the north to Trivandrum in the south, and from Calcutta in the east to Bombay in the west. In earlier times the use of Ramatankas had been more restricted, mainly because the use of pictorial Hindu religious tokens was not acceptable in the Moslem kingdoms ...
