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Of Badaoni's Muntakhabic-t-taivarlth^ two volumes, dealing with the 

 liistory of Muhammadan rule in India before Akbar, and with the 

 histoiy of Akbar liiinself, have been translated previously. The third 

 volume, which contains a detailed account of the saints and learned 

 men of Akbar's time, is now being translated by Captain Haig, who has 

 already issued the first fasciculus of his translation. 



During the last year, 346 treasure trove coins have been examined 

 and described by the Philological Secretary. The greater portion of 

 them belonged to Mogliul Emperors. It was the fashion with many of 

 tliose Emperors to inscribe Persian couplets on their coins. This is, 

 however, extremely rare in the case of Muhammad Shah, and only one 

 such coin, struck at Surat, has yet come to light. Mr. Rodgei'S, who 

 edited it, accordingly doubted its genuineness, but Mr. Irvine, in a short 

 note published in last year's ProceediJigs, shows that this coin is quite 

 in keeping with a statement contained in the Misdt-i-Ahviadt, a 

 Muhammadan history of Gujarat, and that we have no reason to doubt 

 its genuineness. Dr. Hoey has published a note on the oldest gold 

 coinage of India, the suvarna, wliich he believes to have been perforated 

 pieces of gold with raised rims, similar to some pieces found by him in 

 Set Maliet. It may be observed, however, that nowhere in India in his- 

 torical times do we find perforated coins, like those of China, though we 

 might expect to do so if it had once been a widespread fashion 

 to use such pieces of metal as money. Moreover, on ancient reliefs such 

 as those representing Anathapinda in the act of covering the ground 

 of the Jetavana with gold coins, we find gold coins represented as 

 square pieces wdtli some marks on them, probably intended for some- 

 thing like the so-called " Punch-marked " coir.s, of which, however, 

 only pieces in silver or mixed metal have yet been discovered. 



Finally, I may mention a short paper by Dr. Waddell, published in 

 the Proceedings, Its object is to prove the identity of Upagupta, the 

 high-priest of A9oka according to northern Buddhistic tradition, with 

 Mogalliputta Tisso of the Pali Literature. 



The Rev. H. B. Hyde published a note on the first marriage of 

 Warren Hastings with the widow of Cfiptain Buchanan, one of the 

 victims of the Black Hole, and gave a revised list of the victims of that 

 disaster. We may hope that Mr. Hyde will extend to the antiquities 

 of Madras the talent for research which he displayed so conspicuously 

 in Calcutta. 



Part II. of the Journal has this year risen to three numbers, and 

 a portion of the grant is still unexpended ; sonie important papers have 

 been published. 



Major Alcock, I.M.S., has continued his contributiuus to Indian 



