76 N. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
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the sixteenth century, the matter would be considerably 
simplified. The difficulty is just this that we do not. 
S. H. Hopivana: 
243. THr Mint Name Kinin (BaJANAN) 
The reading ‘Kanan’ of the mint-name on a copper 
coin of Shah ‘Alam II in the Indian Museum (No. 2492) has 
been characterised by Mr. Nelson Wright asa “ doubtful one.” 
It is to be regretted that this coin reached him “ too late for 
illustration ” (I.M.C., Il, 299, note). For the plaster cast of the 
us from which the figure in the plate (Plate III, 11) was 
the Indian Museum. There is a drawing of this copper-piece 
in the ‘Catalogue of Indian Coins’ compiled by Mr. Rodgers 
in 1894 also, (Part Hf, Pl. 111). An examination of this illus - 
tration seems to show that the name is not Kanan but Bajanan. 
The two ‘ Nugtss’ on the extreme right are perfectly dis- 
tinct. If they are not ornamental and have any connexion 
with the letters of the mint-name, the reading would appear 
to stand in need of revision. ~ 
The coin is of the 40th vear of the reign of Shah ‘Alam i 
(1799 A.C.). The ornaments are a quatrefoil of a peculiar type, 
and “a fish surmounted by a five-pointed leaf.”’ All these three 
symbols, the quatrefoil (or “ cross made by triangular shaped 
dots ’’), the fish and the jhar are found on two Jaipur copper 
These cvincidences can be scarcely accidental. The family 
resemblance between the Jaipir coins and this fulas is undeni- 
The difficulty is that no town called “ Bajanan’ can be 
traced on our maps in the state of Jaipur itself or the neigh- 
bourhood. S. H. Hopivati. 
