52 Exhibition of a 100 gold-niohur piece of Aurangzih. [March, 



to be not inconsiderable difference between the shapes of the two 

 symbols in question. But what seemed to him of more importance was, 

 that, even if there should be a close resemblance between them, no such 

 conclusion as that suggested by the President could be drawn from it, 

 because the figures on the plate, as explained by Dr. Mitra, evidently 

 belonged to the decimal system of notation, whereas the symbol which 

 hitherto has been accepted by all archaeologists as signifying 100, 

 belonged to an entirely different system. Moreover the latter had been 

 principally observed in use in Western India, while the present plate 

 was from the extreme East, and it did not follow that an apparently 

 similar numeral figure used in both places necessarily possessed the same 

 signification. He did not, therefore, think the evidence now put before 

 them was sufficient to discredit the theory at present generally accepted. 

 Dr. Mitra replied that he did not then mean to contest Prinsep's and 

 Dr. Biihler's reading of the symbol, but he brought to notice the fact 

 that their reading was inadmissible in the present case, and if the 

 present reading be right, considerable changes will have to be made in 

 all former readings. 



The Hon. J. Gibbs, c. s. i. exhibited a 100 gold-mohur piece of tho 

 Emperor Aurangzib, which had been sent for that purpose by H. H. 

 Maharajah Scindia (see Plate III), and said 



I have the pleasure of exhibiting to the Societj^ a 100 gold-mohur 

 piece of the Emperor Aurangzib which I am enabled to do through 

 the kindness of H. H. the Maharajah Scindiah, to whom it belongs. 



It is the piece I mentioned in my note in the Proceedings of this 

 Society for July 1883, and of which I subsequently gave a plaster cast 

 taken from a paper impression. 



The coin was in the possession of a well-known banker at Benares 

 who presented it to its present owner. I have been for some years 

 trying to trace it, and only about six weeks ago heard accidentally from 

 a native friend who was calling on me, what had become of it. I at 

 once wrote to Col. Bannerman, the Political Resident at the Maharajah's 

 Court, and he kindly procured it from the Durbar to enable the Society 

 to have the opportunity of seeing so curious a piece, and I think we 

 should not fail to communicate our thanks to H. H. the Maharajah 

 Scindiah for the treat he has afforded us. 



The coin is 4 inches in diameter and j in. in thickness, and its weight 

 is 35 oz. 4 dwts. The inscription is as follows : 

 Obverse. 



Square cefiire. Nur-ud-din Abul Zafar Muhammad Aurangzib 

 Alamgir Bahadur Badshah Ghazi, 1083, A. H. 



