80 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
. The coins of Malayavarmman figured by Cunningham 
belong to this variety. In subsequent years the only recorded 
discovery of coins of this class is the discovery of 79 coins of 
Malayavarmman in the Jhansi District, U.P., in 1908 
The Gwalior find contained 250 coins worthless for numis- 
matic purposes. Among the remainder there were 183 speci- 
The design on the reverse consists of two parallel squares, the 
intervening space being occupied by similar zigzag lines. 
inner square contains the three-line legend, consisting of the 
name of the sovereign and the date in the Vikrama-era, The 
arrangement of the legend on this side is as follows :— 
1. Sri-mach = Cha. 
2. -hada-deva. 
: ee (Fi. Sak, 13) 
Cunningham has recorded the discovery of similar coins of 
Chahadadeva of the Vikrama years 129x , 1303, 1305, 1306 
and 1311.! The Gwalior find contains coins of this prince 
issued in the following years :— 
(1) 1302 = 1245 A.D. (PI. XII, 2). 
(3) 1304 = 1247 A.D. (PI. XI, 3). 
(4) 1307 = 1250 A.D. (PI. XII, 4). 
(7) 1312 = 1255 A.D. (Pl. XII, 7). 
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later Chahamanas of Narwar. In August 1917 I visited Sipri 
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