1918. | Numismatic Supplement No. XXX1. 345. 
there can be no question whatever as to the two ‘ Alils,’ the 
‘Jim. the ‘Wav’ or the ‘Ré.’ We are left in doubt only 
about the initial letter, and the antecedent of the ‘Wav.’ I 
beg to offer the eee that the first letter of the name has 
been cut off on ace of the die having been larger than the 
a and that my a escatent of the ‘ Wav’ has for the same 
n lost its third inferior dot. In other words, 1 submit 
thas | the name is probably Rajapur Now there are at Ipast seven 
of that name in the Post Office Guide, but the only two 
of any note are those mentioned in the Imperial Gazetteer, viz. 
a town in the Mau Tahsil of Banda District, United Provinces, 
which is said to have been the birth:place of, or been founded 
by. the famous poet Tulsidas. But I cannot find any reference 
to it in any historical work, and it does not appear to have 
possessed any political importance. The other Rajapar is. 
“the headquarters of the Taluga of the same name in Ratna- 
girt District, Bombay, and situated in 16° 34’ N. and 73° 31’ E. 
at the head of a tidal creek 30 miles south-by-east of Ratnagiri 
town and about 15 miles from the sea..... Rajapur is the 
ing and bes i onkan 
ry. In 1 13, ajapar was —— over to An n 
1756, it was taken by the Peshwa , and in 1818 it 
came into British possession — with 5 the rest of the Peshwa’s 
ions” foe Gaz. XX1, 66- 
_ We know, thanks to Dr. asia that Aurangzeb had a 
mint in this town which he renamed Islimbandar (J.A.S.B. 
1912, p. 434). It would appear that this new-fangled designa - 
tion like several others, consigned to oblivion after Aurang- 
, minted 
“sig rapes 8, H. Hoprvara.. 
5th March, 1917. ; 
mah ae Mogor. TI, 263, ‘ro and on both — the French 
identified residin ri there are expressly referred to r. Irvine has- 
ms the place with ‘Dhunda { Danda | pajepar at 18 (ek id 
| ote? Sen Rejeper, Datel vod Karepu eo wr agen 
