1920.] Numismatic Supplement No. XX XIII. 79 
_ specimens were all obtained in Gujarat, so possibly they were 
altered at some mint in Mughal territory not far remote from 
the borders oi that province. 
Mr. Khareghat has ventured to suggest that possibly this 
coinage was commenced after Babur had defeated Rana 
(or Sangram Singh I.) of Mewar in 933 H., and when according 
to Elphinstone, “ Babur spent the next six months in internal 
arrangements, and restoring order throughout the provinces 
a 
not myself be at all surprised should this suggestion prove to 
be correct. 
The same friend has brought to my notice the interesting 
fact that, if these are indeed coins struck by order of the 
Mughal Emperors, they furnish us the first instance yet known 
of the use of verse by the Mughals on their Indian money. 
Still it is quite possible that these coins were not issued by 
Babur and Humayin from any mint in Western India; and 
perhaps some readers of the Numismatic Supplement may be 
able to advance a more probable explanation of their origin. 
Ahmadabad, Gro. P. TAYLOR. 
Aug. 16th, 1919. 
Our readers will regret that the above is the last contribu- 
tion of the Rev. George Pritchard Taylor, M.A., D.D., wh 
died at Ahmadabad on the 21st February, 1920. 
The 
mints and coins of the Mughal period. Much of the results of 
his erudition and industry is embodied in this Journal, to the 
Numismatic Supplements of which he has contributed no less 
than thirty-eight papers. 
EpItor. 
201. Corns OF THE JAJAPELLA DYNASTY. 
In July 1915 Mr. W. E. Jardine, I.CS., C.LE., Resident 
at Gwalior, sent 791 copper coins found in the Gwalior State 
for examination to the Indian Museum. When these coins 
were cleaned, they proved to be the issues of the pein 
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covered and discussed.? These coins bear a representation of 
what has been described as the early Chahamana Horseman (?) 
ing the name of the sovereign by whom it was issued and the 
ns 
1 Coins of Mediaeval India, pp. 89-93. * Ibid. pp. 92-93, pl. X; 5-10. 
