1895.] Philological Secretary — Report on old corns. 65 



Indo-Scytliian copper coins having been found in the extreme east of 

 North India. Tlie fact of their having been found near Puri, the site 

 of an ancient shrine, and place of pilgrimage, may account for it. The 

 cast coins of the present find are clearly local imitations of Indo- 

 Scythian coins, and their age cannot well be later than the fourth cen- 

 tury A.D. Whether they were intended to pass current as coins, in the 

 ordinary sense, may not be quite certain. They may have been meant 

 to be used as temple-offc'erings by the pilgrims, similar to certain imita- 

 tions of Yaudheya coins found in the Panjab. Possibly they may have 

 been only intended as ornaments. 



The weights of the (apparently) Indo-Scythian coins I have found 

 to vary between 120 and 230 grains. The weights of the cast coins are as 

 follows : — 



Class I, varying from 122 to 211 grains. 



„ n, „ „ UQ „ 176 „ 



„ III, „ „ 106 „ 162 „ 



„ IV, „ „ 112 „ 146 „ 



The weight (full) of genuine Indo-Scythian Kanerki copper-coins, as 

 given by Sir A. Cunningham, is from 130 to 260 grains. 



(XII) Report on 32 old silver coins forwarded by the Collector 

 of Burdwan, with his No. 24600, dated the 18th March, 1895. 



These coins belong to a lot of 63 which are said to have been 

 dug out from a ruined house belonging to some persons in Rasulpur, 

 Thana Kulna, apparently in January, 1895. Only 32 of the lot, those 

 now under report, were recovered by the police. 



All the 32 coins are rupees of the Mughul emperor 'Alamgir II, 

 who reigned from 1167-1173 H. = 1754-1759 A.D. They are all of 

 the mint Murshidabad, and the year 1171 H. and the 4th regnal year. 

 They bear the usual mint-mark of Murshidabad, a five-rayed star 

 on the reverse, but on the obverse they show, in addition, a small sun 

 over the he of bddshdh, similar to that on the Murshidabad issue of 

 1180 H. of Shah 'Alam (see British Museum Catalogue, No. 1188, 

 Plate XXIX), 



(XIII) Report on 892 old copper coins, forwarded by the Deputy 



Commissioner of Mandla, with his No. 1991, dated the - — September, 



1894. 



These coins are stated to have been found in a field in the 

 Mauzah Kindrl, in the Mandla Tahsll. 



