228 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
aid of Raghuji Bhonsla who was governing Berar on behalf of 
the Peshwa..... Raghuji on being called in by the contending 
factions replaced the two sons of Chand Sultan on the throne 
m which they had been ousted by a usurper, and retired to 
Berar with a suitable reward for his assistance. Dissensions, 
however, broke out between the brothers, and in 1743, Raghuji 
again intervened at the request of the elder brother, and drove 
out his rival. But he had not the heart to give back a second 
time the country he held within his grasp. Burhan Shah, the 
Gond Raja, though allowed to retain the outward insignia of 
royalty, practically became a state-pensioner, and all re 
power passed to the Marathas..... Chanda, Chhatisgarh and 
Sambalpur were added to his dominions between 174 and 
1755, the vear of his death.” (Jlbid., XVIII, 306.) 
Chhindwara town. “Though now containing only. 50 or 60 
houses, the traces of foundations in the surrounding jungle and 
the numerous remains of wells and tanks show that the former 
city must have covered a large area. Deogarh contains several 
temples and on a high peak outside the village stands a ruined 
~ stone fort. All the buildings are constructed of the finest 
limestone.” (Imp. Gaz., ed. 1885, IV, 202-3.) 
Deogarh does not appear to have entirely lost its import- 
ance even after the conquest of the kingdom by the Marathas. 
The Gond Raja of Deogarh always conferred the tika on the 
Bhonslas on their accession and he had also “ the right of 
_ putting his seal to certain revenue papers.” (Imp. Gaz., 1908, 
X, 15.) It is not at all improbable that there was a mint at 
Deogarh. The rupees which were struck at the capital of the 
old sister-kingdom of Chanda by the Bhonslay Rajas and were 
‘current in Nagpoor and the Nerbudda ” are enumerated in 
Prinsep’s List of Silver Coins. (Useful Tables, ed. 1834, p. 43.) 
S. H. Hopivata. 
Strat anv Strat. 
‘The Panjab Museum possesses a very rare Rupee of which 
Mr. Whitehead writes: “‘ Coin No. 355, a square [lahi Rupee 
of the year 38, is the only known piece of Akbar bearing the 
name of this mint [Surat], but as both the mint-name an e 
name of the month, probably intended for Aban, are incorrectly 
spelt, the attribution to Siirat cannot be called quite certain. 
The Rupee is undoubtedly genuine.” (P. M. C. Introd., 
