634: Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1910. 



Siva Sirhha 

 alone. 



S'iva Sirhha 



and 

 Phulesvari. 



Siva Sirhha 



and Prama- 



thesvari. 



S'iva Sirhha 

 and 

 Ambika. 



S'iva Sirhha 



and 

 Sarvesvari. 



1660&R.Y.25. 



1661&Pv.Y.25 



[B.M.C.] 



• * 



• • 



1661&R.Y.25 

 1661,, „26 



1662,, 

 1663 ,, 



„27 



[B] 



„27 



• • 



1664,, 



1665 ,, 

 1665,, 



166o ,, 

 1666,, 



,,29 



„29 



„30 

 „30 



„31 



[Pramatta Sirhha's Ahom coins are dated the 36th year of cycle 

 Saka 1666; but his ordinary coins start with 1667.] 



following 



known 



the later coins of S'iva Sirhha indicate that he dated his acces- 

 sion from 1636. Mr. Gait also states that Rudra Simha died in 

 August 1714 A.D., whereas the Saka year 1637 did not com- 

 mence till March 25th, 1715. We may, therefore, expect that 

 Ahom coins of S'iva Simha in his 

 peerless tiger of Heaven, 5 will 

 date corresponding to Saka 1636. 



(b) Mr. Gait, on the authoril 

 in consequence of a prediction oi 



Ah 



with 



51 va Simha ' * declared 

 known as PramatheS- 

 ised coins to be struck 



jointly in her name and his. 55 



The reason assigned cannot be regarded as altogether satis- 

 factory for, as Messrs. Vincent Smith and Allan point out, Siva 

 Simha coined in his own name subsequent to 1722. The im- 

 pression derived from a study of the coins is that S'iva Simha's 

 action in permitting Phulesvari to mint coins in 1646 Saka was 

 chiefly due to pressure brought to bear on him by a strong- 

 minded woman. A half- coin of S'iva Simha and PramatheSvarl 

 is in the possession of Mr. Botham (vide Fig. 2, Plate XXVII) in 



This 



with 



ing her right to place her own regnal year on the coins. The 



own 



