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The campaign against Tibet was undertaken by Maharaja 

 Sir Jang Bahadur in the spring of 1855 ostensibly only to ob- 

 tain redress for continuous outrages on Nepalese traders : but 

 really also to recover territory to the south of the trade 

 centres of Kerang and Kuti, which it was alleged the Chinese 

 had taken from Nepal in former times. 



After some hard fighting the Tibetans were forced to sue 

 for peace. A treaty was concluded on the 24th March, 1856. 

 Prisoners were exchanged, the trade and other grievances of 

 Nepal were redressed, and Tibet agreed to pay an annual 

 tribute of Rs. 10,000 : but ceded no territory. Nepal had 

 found that to insist on the cession of territory would embroil 

 her with China, whose suzerainty both countries recognized 

 in the treaty. 



According to the life of the Maharaja written by his son 

 General Padma Jang Bahadur, Jang Bahadur held a review 

 of the victorious troops on the 20th April, 1856, and granted 

 two months' leave to each soldier and officer. On their return 

 to duty medals and rewards were bestowed. 



The pieces described show that different medals were struck 

 for each regiment. The regiments named still exist in the 

 Nepalese army. The " Rajdal " is - The King's Own" ; the 

 other two are named after their patron goddesses. 



W. E. M. Campbell. 



129. On Two Finds of Bahmani Coins. 



I recently examined for the Central Province^Government 

 two find:* of Bahmani copper coins from the Bhandara District, 

 one consisting of 196, and the other of 600 coins. In the 

 ormer cnl y ten coins were indecipherable; of the remaining 

 186, 184 were of the reign of Ahmad Shah II and of no parti- 

 cular interest. One new date,' 839 AH. for I.M.C, No. 29 

 was among them. The remaining two coins were, curiously 

 enough, of Nizam Shah— one dated 867 was Codrington Num. 

 Chron., 1«98, No. 2. and the other was Codrington Xo. 4. 



The find of 600 coins was more interesting but in far worse 

 preservation, the coins being largely corroded together. Two 

 hundred and six were quite worthies. Among the remainder 

 were example of all the i ahmani Kings from Ahmad Shah I to 

 Kahm-uliah, with the exception of three, whose coins are probably 

 unknown. The coins must therefore have been concealed in the 

 troublous times when the last Bahmani was a puppet in the hands 

 of Amir Band, who shortly afterwards assumed the sovereignty 

 otBidar. The different kingg are represented us follows: 

 Ahmad Shah I (2), Ahmad Shah II (102), Hun.ayun Shah (25) ; 



w ? r m n ? h5h (1) ' Mul ?ammad II (99), Muhmud II (127) 

 VVali-ullah (5), Kallm-ullah (:il), doubtful (2). No new types 



