78 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
Whoever on the surface of the earth has fame and face 
Upon his forehead bears the King of India’s stamp of 
grace. 
The ordinary arrangement of the lettering is as follows :— 
Obverse. Reverse. 
175 @ JUS! a5 
am '9)9 159) ary 
ws) gh 7! . a 
Wand x an 
Wey? ole 
But the variant arrangement (found on 938 small and 939 
large, both copper) is 
Obverse. Reverse. 
rnd ors 
s> !9) 4—__—_* 
wry y? gh ote oie 
lb vac a 
The legend on the obverse seems to have been circum- 
scribed by a circle, and that on the reverse to have been 
enclosed in a square. 
Mr. M. P. Khareghat, I.C.S. (retired), when recently 
cataloguing Mr. Thanawala’s collection, came across three 
specimens of the larger denomination, two of them weighing 
132 grains each, and one 122 grains. One of the three clearly 
bears the date 935 and the lettering of all is of the normal 
arrangement. 
Now at what mint were these coins struck? They do not 
themselves record the mint name, unless, indeed, it be regis- 
tered in one or more of the reverse margins formed by the 
sides of the square and the rim. But in none of the specimens 
hitherto obtained are these margins legible. The dates, rang- 
ing from 934-940 H., correspond to A.D. 1527-1533. Who at 
that period could have ventured upon issuing coins bearing the 
high-sounding title Shah-i-Hind? Having regard to their 
type and make, I am almost certain that these coins are not 
of the Gujarat Saltanat. But Babur’s regnal years are 932- 
937, and his son Humayiin’s 937-947 and later 962-963 ; and, 
