20. NUMISMATIC SUPPLEMENT No. XXII. 



-Vote.— The numeration of the article below is continued 



from p. 485 of the u Journal and Proceedings M for 



1913. 



125. The Post-Mughal coins of Ahmadabad, or a Study 



in Mint-marks. 



(With Plates IX— XI). 



Dr. Taylor in his admirable account of the coins of Ahmad- 

 abad to be found in J.B.B.R.A.S. No. 56, Vol. XX, has confined 

 his detailed treatment almost wholly to the coins minted, when 



Mu glials 



In this note I propose 



to discuss the coins struck after the first date on which the ad- 

 ministration of Ahmadabad city and its parganas ceased to be 

 in the hands of the Mughal Emperor's nominee and before the 

 date of the introduction of the British Imperial coinage. The 

 period between these two dates I have called the Post- Mu gh al 

 period. It was an epoch of transition during which Ahmada- 

 bad and its environs were the theatre of constant struggles, 

 negotiations and agreements between the Peshwa, the Gayak- 



(Angl 



Mu gh al 



at Dehli was still regarded as the suzerain of Gujarat, but only a 

 suzerain in the vaguest meaning of the word. He was respected, 

 even deeply respected, but only as a tradition. The newly 

 emancipated states felt towards the Emperor much as a boy 

 who has just left school feels towards his old head master — an 

 attitude of respect mingled with complete independence. And 

 as an M old boy " is wont to wear his old school colours, so did 

 the Marathas retain the name of the Emperor on their coins 

 and even titles which had been bestowed upon them from 

 Dehli. 



The retention of the Emperor's name upon coins issued by 

 independent states has caused a serious difficulty in classifica- 

 tion. Various methods have been adopted and the Numisma- 

 tic Society of India has adopted a provisional system of includ- 

 ing under the name of Mughal all coins bearing the name of a 

 Mughal Emperor up to the close of the reign of Shah 'Alam. 



This paper does not follow this system and will, I hope, 

 make it clear that the end of the reign of Ahmad Shah sees the 



last of the iss 

 bad and that 



ghal 



Mu gh al 



a.h. 1170 and possibly also of a.h. 1171, when Ahmadabad 



