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its restoration, by Sikandar Lodi, who made Agra his capital 
and abandoned Dehli. The name does not appear on the coins 
of Sikandar Lodi or his successor, but both Babar and Huma- 
vun made Agra a mint for silver ‘and copper. From the cap- 
ture of the city by Sher Shah in 947 the numismatic importance 
of the place increased. Sher Shah, Islam Shah and Muham- 
mad ’Adil struck silver rupees here, though the name appears 
on the copper coinage only of the first of these monarchs. 
Issues of Ibrahim and Sikandar, both of whom held Agra for 
a time, have not been discovered. 
Alwar. 
A mint for copper coin was established at Alwar by Sher 
Shah, 950 being the earliest known date. The mint was main- 
tained by Islam Shah, who also struck rupees here. 
Awadh. 
This, the ancient Ajodhya, was first discovered by Mr. 
Nelson Wright to have beena Sari mint. The coins issued from 
Awadh are not represented in any public ae wirer and are of 
copper only. Dams and half-dams were issued by Islam Shah, 
and a doubtful reading gives a dam of Sher Shah also. 
Bhanpir. 
e modern Bhanpura takes its name from a hill fortress 
in the Indore State near the right bank of the Chambal. A 
few rare rupees of Sher Shah bear a name read by Thomas as 
Bhanpir, but no stan to the place is to be found in the 
historians. If the reading is correct, a mint must have been 
established here in 950 by Sher Shah as a post on the road from 
Rantambhor to Ujjain; but though the name has not been 
determined with sufficient certainty, no more satisfactory read- 
ing has yet been suggested. 
Biana. 
The old stronghold of Biana became a mint for copper 
under Sher Shah, and the dams here struck are of a character- 
istic type. In the reign of Islam Shah the mint produced 
rapees of two types, but his copper coins have not yet been 
recognized with certainty. 
Biladu-l-Hind. 
This term, signifying merely ‘ the cities of India’ appears 
n a few coins of Altamsh and his immediate successors. 
aveates no mint, but as it is combined with Lakhnauti in a 
coin of Nasiru-d- din Mahmid, it may be presumed that it was 
