262 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [ December, 1905. 
Chauhan Dynasty of Ajmir and Dehlz. 
Somegvara Deva, A.D. 1162-1166. 
(cbid. page 86, Pl. IX. 9) tee senate 
Rajputs of Narwar. 
Chahada Deva, A.D. 1234-1255. 
(Thomas, Pathans, page 70, referred to but not 
illustrated in Cunningham, op. cit. page 92) 72 
Coins not completely identified. 
(cf. Cunningham, op. cit. page 88)... Bee id: 
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It will be seen that the coins, which are at the same time both 
the most numerous and the latest in date, are those of Chahada 
Deva; and it is, therefore, not unreasonable to suggest that the 
hoard was most probably concealed during his reign. 
An excellent summary of the chief events of the reign of 
Chahada Deva is to be found in Thomas, Pathans, page 67ff. His 
position seems to have been that of “the recognised leader and 
lord paramount of the Hindu princes of Central India, struggling 
to preserve their kingdoms from the foreign invader” (op. cit. 
page 68). He is described in an inscription of his descendant Gana- 
pati (Vikrama 1355, A.D. 1298) as the founder of a family of 
Rajput princes reigning at Nalapura (Narwar),! and his coins of 
the Narwar type bear dates varying from 1292 to 1311 Vikrama 
(A.D. 1233+ 2 to 1254)%; but such of his coins as occur in the 
persent hoard are not of the well-known Narwar type, and they 
would certainly seem to indicate some extension of his dominion. 
Ajmir would be a far more probable attribution for these coins, 
though the varieties of Rajptit coinage have not yet been studied 
with sufficient mimuteness to enable us in most cases, to deter- 
mine their different localities with precision. All that can be said 
with certainty in regard to the locality of these coins is that they 
do not belong to Narwar, the characteristic types of which are 
quite different. 
As Thomas points out (page 70), the coins bearing the name 
of Chahada Deva represent him either (1) as an independent sov- 
ereign, or (2) as atributary to the Muhammadan conqueror, Shams- 
ud-din Altamsh. All the seventy-two coins of his which are in- 
cluded in this hoard belong to the former class; and we may 
1 Indian Antiquary, XXII, p. 81. 
2 Cunningham, Coins of Medizxval India, p. 90, Pl. X. 5-7. 
3 Cunningham (op. cit. p. 91) attributes these coins to Ranthambhor. 
But if the chronological table given by Thomas, p. 45, is correct, Rantham- 
bhor was captured by Altamsh in Hejira 623=A.D. 1226; and Chahada- 
deva seems not to be heard of before A.D. 1234 (Thomas, p. 67). 
