PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 



For November, 1875. 



The nionthly General Meeting of the Society was held on "Wednesday 

 the 3rd November, at 9 o'clock p. M. 



T. Oldham, LL. D., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following presentations were announced — ■ 



1. From Babu Mohini Mohan Roy, Pleader, High Court, two silver 

 coins. 



Mr. Blochmann said — 



The two silver coins presented to the Society by Babu Mohini Mohan 

 Roy, were struck by Nusrat Shah, king of Bengal. The two coins have no 

 year nor mint-town, the margin having been cut away, the reverses being 

 defaced by shroff marks ; but they are of a new variety. 



The coins were found in the Sundarban, in lot No, 46, Ahad Darya, 

 about 21 miles east of Calcutta, and were in a cockle shell about a foot and 

 a half below the ground. 



2. From Capt. W. J. Williamson, Deputy Commissioner, Garo Hills, 

 two silver coins. 



Mr. Blochmann said — 



Of the two silver coins presented to the Society by Capt. Williamson, 

 one is a rupee struck by Daud Shah, the last independent king of Bengal. 

 The other is a unique silver coin struck by Nara Narayana, the second 

 Maharaja of Koch Bihar, in Saka 1477, or A. D. 1555. A figure of the 

 coin has been given in Journal, Pt. I, No. Ill, for 1875, p. 306. 



3. From S. Kurz, Esq., a coin called Lapeck (6000 = 1 dollar) from 

 Cochin China. 



4. From the Author, Capt. H. Trotter, R. E., a copy of an " Ac- 

 count of the Survey Operations in Eastern Turkistan, 1873-74." 



5. From the Govt, of the N. W. Provinces, photographs of the An- 

 cient Temples at Barwa Sagar, Barauli, in the Jhansi district, and of Mu- 

 hammadan buildings at Badaon and Kol. 



