542. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1912. 
HatakeSvara Sai Kori supplies not one of these ‘‘ elements.”’ 
Hence we may confidently affirm that this little piece of silver 
was not stamped officially nor with any authorization by the 
Junagadh State. Why then was it issued? and when? and by 
whom? On these points no definite evidence is available, and one 
can only fall back on conjecture. The Devanagari character 
betokens a Hindu as the originator of the coin, and the saluta- 
tion to HatakeSvara, a Hindu of the Nagar caste. Then on 
the Reverse the salutation to Raghunathaji suggests, to my 
thinking at least, that the masterful Diwan had already died, 
like in their make to the current koris. May we not then 
hold that Raghunathaji’s younger brother, Ranchhodji, him- 
self a Diwan of Jiinagadh, is responsible for this quasi coinage, 
and that it was struck, say, some six years subsequent to 
_ Raghunathaji’s decease, thus about a.p. 18252 To have 
launched it as a currency for the State would simply have 
resulted in arousing the Nawab’s anger, with consequent orders 
for the withdrawal of the coin from circulation. A far more 
iva were originally intended to serve as 
the daksina, or donation to the Brahmans, who in such large 
numbers inflict themselves on the Native Courts. This con- 
jecture, moreover, is quite on the lines of the still current 
local tradition attaching to these special ‘‘ koris.’’ 
One little piece of confirmatory evidence still remains. 
As is well known, a remarkable feature of the coinage, both 
silver and copper, of the Jiinagadh State is the presence, be- 
neath the Persian legend, of the word alata, Diwan in Devana- 
gari, and’ the insertion of this word is universally attributed 
to the Diwan Ranchhodji. It is thus clear that he did con- 
cern himself with the details of the coinage. May not the 
his first essay in this direction have given us the Hatakeévara 
Sai Kori ? 
AHMADABAD. Gro. P. Tayzor. 
119. THe Muana Corns or CAMBAY. 
(With Plates XXX—XXXI.) 
““Cambay is one of the old ports. According to the 
brahmins, several thousand years have passed since its 
fountiation.”” So wrote the Emperor Jahangir in his ‘* Me- 
oirs. 
! Tazuk-i-Jahangiri: Rodgers and Beveridge, p. 415. 

