1895.] C. J. Rodgers — Letter on Guru Gobind Sirjijh and Bandah. 35 



9. Karana-grantha, 11. Yajnavalkya-gita. • 



10. Bhattotpala's Commentary 12. Oaraka* 

 on the Brbat-samhita. 



The President announced that Dr. G. A. Grierson had returned 

 from leave and had taken charge of the Philological Secretaryship from 

 Dr. A. F. K. Hoernle. 



The Philological Secretary read the following correspondence 

 regarding Mr. Irvine's article on Guru Gohind Singh and Bandah, which 

 appeared in the Jou?mal, Vol. LXIII, Part I, pp. 110 and & 



AmritsaRj 

 l9th November 1894 



(J) Letter from Mr. Rodgers to Mr. Irvine. 



My Dear Sir, 



I have read the paper you wrote on Gobind Siggh and Bandah 

 with much interest. I have not the authorities you use, so do not 

 know the contents of any of the books. 



1 noted some slight inaccuracies which I am going to point out 

 to you, simply because I like all works on the Punjab to be accurate. 



Journal, p. 129. Amritsar is 32 miles almost due east of Lahore^ 

 iiot 40 miles north of the capital. 



Page 133. Sadhaura is not on a steep hill. The banks of the nadi 

 are just a little elevated. Page 122. The name of the faqlr whose 

 tomb is there to this day, is ^J*^ "6^ not o^- I spent a week thei-e 

 when Arch93ological Surveyor. General Cunningham's description (Rep. 

 Arch. Survey xiv., 72) of it is full of errors. You did not use him. 

 The country round is flat but intersected with river beds. I heard 

 nothing then of Lshgarh. 



Page 134. No coins were struck at Lohgarh. I have made etiquir-' 

 ies and no one ever heard of such coins. They were struck at Anand* 

 garh (spelt on the rupees »>^ <^\). This is Anandpiir I believe of the 

 present day. 



The couplet you give, as having been on these coins, I have never 

 seen. There is one with jj j (t^ in it. The couplet is variously given. 

 in my paper I made a shot at it. I examined thousands of Sikh rupees 

 for my papef. Since I wrote it 1 have come across Pind Dadan Khan 

 rupees with mint name t-^ ' salt,' on them, for Pind Dadan Khan. I 

 have also got a »^.i rupee. In copper I have also seen some novelties, 

 notably some coins bearing the name of Dalip Siqgh. 



