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1923. ] Numismatic Supplement No. XX XVII. N.-71 
26 Juliis ie., 1198-1199 A.H., 26-IL[-1784 to 15-11-1785. Mr. 
Whitehead has 28 in one column, but '" in another. Rodgers 
has figured three coins, the dates on which are 1841-27 ; 1841-28; 
and 1841-28. Canit be that the Samvat date on the 28th Julis 
issues has been wrongly = 1841 for 18437 (Rodgers, 
JAS.B., 1885, Pl. T, Figs -3-4.) In any case these coins, 
supposed to have eae npn by Ranjit Deo,’ must be 
held to have been issued in his name by his son Brij Raj Deo 
or some one else.! But this has little or no utd on the 
general pur port or significance of the verse ec of the 
matter is ‘ who was this ‘ Lachhmi Narain’ and Ww cae is We said 
to have “ gladdened hearts ete I have not been able to dis- 
cover the name in the list of Ranjit Deo’s ancestors and 
descendants given by Major Smyth (Op. Cit. p. 18) or quoted 
by odgers from the Urdii Tarikh-i-Makhzan-i-Panjab, 
7, A.S.B., 1885, pp. 63, 66 
The only conjecture I can offer is that ‘ Lacchhimi Narain ’ 
Was the patron deity of Ranjit Deo’s family, and that the 
object of the striker (whoever he might have been) was to 
avow his devotion and publicly make his grateful acknowledg- 
ments to the god, for the favours bestowed on the Dogra 
prince during his chequered and eventful career. It is hardly 
necessary to labour this point, and the little that is known of 
the history of Ranjit Deo will be found in the Num. Supp. 
article referred to. See also Smyth, loc. cit., 239-247 ; 
Journal Punjab Historical Society, Vol. IIT, 1914, pp. 117-8. 
t may be pertine ent te observe thet Vishnai and his consort, 
Sri, is the wife of Vishnu, and under various ara appears 
this relation in his various incarnations e lord of the 
worlds, the god of gods, Janarddana descends amongst man- 
kind in various shapes: so does his coadjutor Thus, when 
Hari was born a dwarf, the son of Aditi, fee appeared 
from the lotus as Padma, or Kamala ; when he was born as 
Rama (Parasurama) of the race of Bhrign, she was Dharani ; 
when he was Raghava (Ramchandra), she was Sita; and when 
he was Krishna, she was Rukmini. In the other descents of 
Vishnu she was his associate. If he takes a celestial form, 
she Ra hig as divine; if a mortal, she becomes a mortal too, 
eit, 



er authorities, however, ina gk b 
bate in med and was succeeded by his son Sampiiran Deo”’ (Hutchison 
Vogel, Journal Punjab Historical Sonsety | Vol. III, 1914, p. 118.) 
