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(4) RIjEgvARA SiAha, 1750-1770 A.D. 



(a) Silver, octagonal, whole coin, dates 1682, 



1689 faka = 1760 and 1767 A.D. ... 2 



(6) Silver, octagonal, J coin, no date ... 2 4 



(5j Laksm! Simha, 1770-1779 A.D. 



(a) Gold, octagonal, J coin, date 1695 paka = 



1773 A.D. ... ... ... 1 



(b) Silver, octagonal, whole coins, dates 1692, 1693, 



1696, and 1697 paka = 1770, 1771, 1774 

 and 1775 A.D. ... ... ... 4 



(c) Silver, octagonal, ^ coins, date none ... 2 



Total ... 14 



XII. Report on 3 old Silver Coins, forwarded by the Collector of 

 Darbhanga, with his No. 234, dated 4th May, 1896. 



These coins are stated to have been found by some persons while 

 digging earth on the banks of the Jiwac river. The date of the find 

 is not mentioned. 



They are coins of the following Independent Sultans of Bengal : — 



(1) Alau-d-din Husain Shah, 899-925 H. = 1493-1518. 

 A.D. 



Type, lettered surfaces, like Brit. Mus. Cat., 

 No. 130, mint Husainabad, date 919 ... 2 



(2) Nasiru-d-dIn Nasrat Shah, 925-939 H. = 1518-1532, 



A.D., mint Daru-l-zarb, date 925, like Brit. Mus. 

 Cat., No. 143 * ... ... ... 1 



Total ... 3 



XIII- Report on three old Silver Coins, forwarded by the Col- 

 lector of Muzaffarpur, with his No. 1451 R., of 30th December, 1896. 



The coins are stated to have been dug out of a hole by some 

 children, who were grazing goats, in Majhaulia, a tolah of Paru, in the 

 Muzaffarpur District, November 1896. 



They are coins of Sultan 'Alau-d-din Muhammad Shah of Delhi, 

 who reigned 695-715 H = 1295-1315 A.D., of the type shown in the 

 British Museum. Catalogue, No. 164. They are all of the ' Hasrat Dehli' 

 mint, though the mint-name is fully preserved only on one specimen. 

 The date is lost on all three specimens. 



