1921.] Numismatic Supplement No. XXXV. 127 
A more probable suggestion is that the name of Shergadh 
‘urf Qanauj was changed to Shahgadh by Islam Shah between 
956 and 958, the altered appellation being retained by Akbar, 
whose coins bear the name of Qanauj ‘urf Shahgadh. 
Shari fabad. 
as indicating the manner in which he completed the conquest 
of Bengal proper after securing all the country from Rohtas to 
the sea. ; 
The mint was maintained by Islam Shah, but appears to 
have ceased operations after 954. 
Shergadh. 
Coins were struck at many places bearing this name in 
the reign of Sher Shah, but generally the locality is designated 
clearly by some addition such as Shergadh ’urf Hazrat Dehli, 
Shergadh ’urf Qanauj, and so on. Shergadh plain and simple 
or Qila’ Shergadh implies the Shergadh par excellence, the for- 
man. 
The story of the acquisition by Sher Shah of the fort of 
Rohtas made so great an impression on the minds of the his- 
torians that they generally formed the conclusion—a conclu- 
sion adopted by no less an authority than Edward Thomas— 
who states that first Rohtas and then Shergadh surrendered to 
Akbar in the 21st year of his reign. 
