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to a certain Brahmin with the consent of his nephews and 

 nieces including his successor Chattra Singha. Mr Gait accord- 

 i^g'y places the abdication of Bara Gosain, and the acces- 

 sion of Chattra Singha in this year. If this is correct, the 

 coin of a.d. 1774 might mark the re-accession of Chattra 

 Singha after the temporary occupation of Jaintia by the 

 British, but the 1782 coin remains unaccounted for. It is, 

 I think, more probable either that Bara Gosain never actually 

 abdicated, or that the transfer of sovereignty to Chattra 

 Singha was not complete until the death of Bara Gosain. 



I would therefore suggest the following chronology for 



the Jaintia Kings from Pratapa Singha to Ram Singha 

 II 



Pratapa Singha 

 Lakshmi Narayan 

 Ram Singha I 

 Jay Narayan 

 Bara Gosain 

 Chattra Singha 

 Bijaya Narayan 

 Ram Singha II 



Accession. 



. . 1669 



.. 1670 



c. 1697 



.. 1708 



. 1731 



. 1782 



. 1785 



. 1790 



Date of 



Death. 



1670 

 c. 1697 

 1708 

 1731 

 1782 

 1785 

 1790 

 1832 



A. W. BOTHAM. 



140. A Note on a Babylonian Seal in the 



Central Museum, Nagpur. 



While examining the coins and seals of the Muhammadan 

 kings of India placed in the Central Museum, Nagpur, with 

 a view to preparing a list of them, my attention was drawn to 

 a small engraved roller, apparently of stone, set in a gold handle 

 and bearing two lines of inscriptions in some strange character. 

 This roller was placed along with the ornaments in the Indus- 

 trial Section, but its peculiar shape excited my curiosity, and 

 on examining it more minutely I found that it contained five 

 human figures, of which two were large and three smaller 

 in size, a lightning fork, a crescent and a disc. Its general 

 appearance led me to doubt whether it was correctly classed as 

 an ornament, and the more I examined it the stronger grew 

 my impression that it was something else than an ornament. 

 My next thought was to get the inscription deciphered, which 

 I was sure would throw more light on this point. An impres- 

 sion of the engravings was sent to Dr. J. H. Marshall, Director 

 General of Archaeology in India, who forwarded it to Mr. L. W. 

 King of the British Museum, London. Mr. King, who was 

 able to decipher the inscription, sends the following descrip- 

 tion: 



