370 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [October, 1909, 
tion of the recorded to the present actual weights is obtained, 
as may be seen from the following table :— 
WEIGHT. 
No. of cannon. 
Recorded. | Caleulated. | Observed, 
. (3°14) S | Fi 
2°16 1-29 | 1:27 
| 
Ht 2-16 1-22 1-36} 
(with trunnion 
support.) 
IV 2-28} 1-30 1°20} 
.v, Tiger-headed, differing slightly from the previous 
three guns in havin no ring between the trunnions and muzzle, 
and from the thicker socket at the breech. It is 4 ft. 8 in. long, 
and has a bore 17 inches in diameter. 
2€ only inscription found on it occurs just before the 
trunnions, and runs as follows -—f% eas rips. What the first 
“pparently indicates the number of the gun. The other figures 
certainly stand for 2 mds. 284 seers. The actual weight, 
however, is only 1 maund 20? seers, 
Vs is cannon is the second most important in the find 
a8 it bears a Bengali inscription over 300 years old, showing the 
Sovereign to subjugate the contumacious Governor, ‘Is Khan, 
whose name also appears on the cannon. A full description of 
‘Isa Khan and his immediate ancestors and descendants. 
‘Asa Khan, the son of a converted Bais Rajput from Oudh,' 
was the chief of the Twelve Bhuiyas, or zemindars of Eastern 
: 1 Mr. R. Burn, C:8., Deputy Commissioner, Gonda, to whom I re- 
erred the question of Kalida, Gajdani’s ancestry, s 
oe Rajput of alswara (vide article under that head in the Im ¢ 
eHeer, VI, p. 218). This is curiously confirmed by the note given 4 
the bottom of p. 1 of the Tthas. catcwars tie seqeatcis 
Beaten wi wtp! ‘* Bais and Yara”? a oe 
is simply Baiswara. The name ee 
_ hs pe ‘y Teference to the 29 parganahs held by these Rajputs, and 
hi Thaker Moov Khan — also granted the same number of ae 
engal may arded as some actual proof of his 
from the Rajputs of Baiswara, (15-8-09), ae | 
