288 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1913. 
nawati he made the seat of Government.’’ Muhammad i-Bakh- 
tiyar must have turned back from Nudiah and then occupied 
Lakhnauti or Gaur. The King of Jajnagar (Orissa) inva- 
ded Bengal in 1243-44 a.p., and at that time Lakhnor was 
the southernmost stronghold of Muhammadans. Finally we 
have a silver coin of Mughisudbin Yuzbak struck to com- 
memorate the final conquest of Nudiah in 653 a.4. = 1255 a.p.! 
There is hardly any other way of explaining the legend on this 
coin, the proper reading of the margin of which seems to be:— 
Geds « ixiin war, GS Logs worys gly wy i's eye! 402 
a Kleine wawe® 9 
Bengal commemorating the invasion of Assam.+ The Qanauj 
coin of Altamsh is a more perfect parallel, as the wording 
candra was still a reigning monarch. This discovery lends an 
additional support to the theory that the final conquest of 
Qanauj took place at least ten years after the death of Jaya- 
candra. Consequently it has to be admitted that the final 
conquest of Nudiah took place in 1253 a.p. The next step was 
taken 43 years later when the descendants of Balban were 
reigning independently in Bengal. Saptagrama, the part of 
thern Bengal, was reduced in 1298 a.p. by Muhammad 
Zafar Khan, who became its first Governor.§ 
The actual territory conquered by Muhammad-i-Bakhtiyar 
was very small in area, extending only to Deva-Kota or Deo- 
1 Cat. of Coins in the Indian Museum, Vel. II, pt. IL, p. 146, No. 6 
2 J.A.8.B. 1881, pt. I, p. 61. 4 um, Vol. IT, pt. II, p. 
* Cat. of Coins in the Indian Museum, Vol. II, pt. I, p. 2le The 
correct reading is aos and not. ate 
4 Ibid. Vol. II, pt. II, p. 152, No. 38 
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