354 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIV, 
traded in plunder. (Op. cit., II, p.109 apud Bombay Gazetteer, 
XVI, p. 191.) 
e may take it then that these Rupees of Farrukhsiyar 
were issued from the Nasik mint and that Gulshanabad wast 
name given by the Mughals to that ancient Hindu town, pr- 
bably on account of the fertility of the district in which itis 
situated and the neighbourhood. The excellence of the fruits — 
and gardens of Baglan or Baglina and the Nizam Shahi Kokan, 
in which Gulshanabad was then included, are the theme of the 
praise of Abul Faz] (Jarrett, Atn., Tr. II, 251), the author of the 
Badshahnama (Bibl. Ind. Text, II, 105, or Elliot and Dowson, 
VII, 65-6), Khafi Khan (Bibl. Ind. Text, II, 401 or Elliot and 
Dowson, VII. 345), and the compiler of the Ma‘asiru-l-Umara (L i 
415). “ Baglan is a region of hills and streams, and has long been — 
noted,” we read in the Imperial Gazetteer, “ for the excellence 
of its garden cultivation,” (New Edition, VI, 190 ; see also XVIL, 
404.) It is bounded on the south by Nasik and is at present 
a part of Nasik District which has been from very old times — 
famous for its grapes, three varieties of which are still cultt 
vated. (Ibid., XVIII, 400, 404). Indeed, the popular etymology 
of Baglina or Baglana is traced to Bagh, garden, which 8 
Synonymous with ‘ Gulshan.’ eo 
_ . It would also appear that the division of Nasik city which : 
is inhabited by the Muhammadans is still known as Gulshan — 
abad, and a glance 
The following passage from the loc 
Gazetteer may be also quoted. “From the Bahmani Kings 
nagar dynasty, and was wrested from them by the Moghuls, : 
about a hundred years later. By the Musalman rulers. ™&® 
¢ atic 
the Peshwa in 1751-52 (Fasli 1161), when the name of Gulsha ne 
abad ceased, and the old name of Nasik was revived. ease iS 
bay Gazetteer, XVI, 535-6. a 
Junagadh, S. H. Hopivata 
20th October, 1916. ee 
(vt) Kar&rapan. sani 
I am not aware that any attempt has been made to lo a 
the mint of Kararabad from which a few very rare rupees - 
Gulshanabad is said in the I mperial Gazetteer (XII, 383) t° ies . 
: f Jaora 
ee Rajput village before it was made his capital by Gh 
