138 J. G. Delmerick — 'Rare Muhammadan Coins. [July, 



This paper establishes his identity with a well known Pali Gramma- 

 rian, who flourished in Ceylon in the twelfth century, and who, under his 

 priestly title of Sangharakkhita, wrote four works, the first of which, 

 " Subodhalankara," Easy Rhetoric, is the subject of the present sketch. 



Major Fryer's analysis and the text of the work will appear in No. II, 

 of Part I, of the Journal for 1875. 



2. List of Rare Muhammadan Coins. — No. I. Coins of the Kings of 

 Dihli and Jaunpur. — By J. G. Delmerick, Dihli, 



(Abstract.) 



Mr. Delmerick describes in this paper thirteen coins of the following 

 kings — Balban (1) ; Mubarak Shah (2) : Tughluq Shah (1) ; Mahmud 

 Shah bin Muhammad Shah bin Firuz Shah (1) ; Naciruddin Abul Mujahid 

 Mahmud Shah, of Jaunpur, 847 A. H. (1) ; Tajuddin Abul Muzaffar Murad- 

 Bakhsh Shah, 1068; Shahjahan (2) ; Aurangzib ( 1) ; Rafi'uddarajat (1); 

 Rafi'uddaulah (1) ; Muhammad Ibrahim, 1132 A. H. (1). With the 

 exception of one Jaunpiir coin, they all belong to Dihli. Six coins are gold ; 

 the others are silver. 



The paper, with a plate, will appear in No. II of Part I of the Journal. 



3. Note on the Molliiscan genei'a Coelostele, JBenson and Francesia, 

 Paladilhe, and on same species of Land Shells from Aden. By W. T. 

 Blaneoeb, F. R. S. 



(Abstract.) 



It was shewn that a shell described from Aden by M. Paladilhe as 

 Francesia scalaris was different from the Indian species called at first Cary- 

 ehium scala^re by Mr. Benson, and subsequently described by him as Coilos- 

 iele (properly Ccelostele) scalaris, that this description had been overlooked 

 by M. Paladilhe, and that the genera Ccelostele and Francesia were proba- 

 bly identical. Some other species described from Aden were also discussed 

 and in some cases shewn to be identical with known Indian mollusca. 



4. Translation of the ' Ayodhyd Mdhatmya'' or ' Pilgrimage to Ayo- 

 dhyd' — By Ra'm Na'ra'yan, Barel'i College. 



(Abstract.) 



This is a translation of a Hindi work on the sacred spots with which the 

 site of ancient Ayodhya abounds. The legendary origin is given of the 

 eity itself, the river Sarayii (Sarju), the birthplace of Rama, the Maniparbat, 

 Svargadvar, and many others. The narrative is thrown in the form of a 

 dialogue between Mahadeva and Parvati. The Hindi work appears to be 

 modern ; for it contains allusions to Muhammadana, 



