72 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



219 coins of various Arab dynasties of Europe and Asia, of 

 Persia and of the Muhammadan States of India have been 

 registered, and 298 coins of the same classes have been in- 

 corporated. 



14 Arab glass weights have been registered and incor- 

 porated. 



175 coins of the Bactrian, Indo-Scythic and Indo-Sassanian 

 series, and of Nepal, Vijayanagar, Kacch, Kashmir and other 

 Hindu States have been registered, and 179 coins have been 

 incorporated. 



97 silver coins of the Western Kshatrapas and the Guptas, 

 from the Bhagvanlal collection have been registered and in- 

 corporated. 



The coins of Shdh Alem and those struck by the East India 

 Company have been re-arranged. 



The series of ancient coins of Nepal and Assam have been 

 re-arranged and expanded. 



The coins of Vijayanagar have been re-arranged according 

 to the most recent work on the subject. 



The following classes of coins in the Bhagvanlal collection 

 have been arranged, the Sunga Dynasty, the Andhas, Taxila, 

 Mathura, Ayodhya, and other smaller Hindu states. 



Rectifications have been made in the series of the Huna 

 Kings of Northern India and in the Indo-Sassanian series in 

 accordance with the views of Sir Alexander Cunningham and 

 M. Drouin. 



5834 tickets giving references to the Catalogue of Oriental 

 Coins, Vols. I-VIII. and Vol. IX. " Additions " have been 

 written and placed in the trays beneath the specimens, and 100 

 similar tickets have been written for the coins described in 

 the Catalogue of the Coins of the Moghul Emperors of 

 Hindustan. 



A large collection of Indian coins and another consisting 

 of coins of the Gupta dynasty have been examined and selec- 

 tions made. 



A large series of ancient Indian coins, of modern coins of 

 the Panjab, and also of the Far East, chiefly of Burma, offered 

 for presentation by Major R. C. Temple, has been examined, 

 and specimens desirable for the British Museum have been 

 selected. 



Removal of Collection : — 

 In preparation for the removal of the collection to the new 

 Medal Room, an inventory has been made of all the coin- 

 cabinets in the Department of Coins and Medals, with indica- 

 tions of their contents, and reference numbers have been 

 placed upon the outside of each cabinet. Corresponding 

 numbers have also been inserted on the plans of the Wall 

 and Floor Cases of the new Medal Room. 



