4 C. J. Rodgers — Some coins of Ranj it Deo. [Jan., 



Mr. P. E. Paegitee remarked, that the proposed derivation would, 

 according to the rules of Sanskrit Grammar, require the form ndndinagari, 

 instead of nandindgari. 



Dr. Hoeenle added that the word occurring in the Bombay cave in- 

 scriptions is not nandigera, the name of a town, but ndligera, ' a cocoanut 

 tree' (see Indian Antiquary, Vol. XII, p. 27). 



The following papers were read — 



1. Some coins of Ranjit Deo, King of Jummu a hundred years ago. — By 



Charles J. Rodgees, Principal, Normal College, Amritsar. 

 (Abstract.) 



In the first year of the present century Ranjit Singh, " the Lion of 

 the Panjab," conquered Lahor. For many years after that event he 

 was constantly engaged in subduing the whole of the cities and states of 

 the Panjab, and his name and fame seem to have altogether hidden the 

 name of a better man, who bore the name of Ranjit Deo and who ruled 

 in the hill state of Jummu or Jummun. Mr. C. J. Rodgers gives extracts 

 from various historical works regarding Ranjit Deo, showing that he 

 was a wise administrator and a just judge. The time in which he lived 

 was one of utter lawlessness, but yet his little state was the abode of 

 peace and safety, and his capital received the name of " Dar ul Aman", 

 i. e., the " Gate of Safety." Mr. Rodgers has been able to obtain only 4 

 coins which can be ascribed to Ranjit Deo. The first was struck at 

 Jummu in the name of Shah Alam II, the blind king of Dehli, and is 

 dated 1196 A. H., the 24th year of Shah Alam's reign. Shortly after, 

 in the 27th year of Shah Alam's reign, Mr. Rodgers finds that Ranjit Deo 

 began striking coins in Jummu in his own name. On these coins he 

 uses the Sambat year, but, strange to say, still retains the year of the reign 

 of Shah Alam, and he places on his coins the symbol of imperial power — 

 the umbrella, so frequently occurring on the coins of that Suzerain. 



This paper will be published in full in the Journal, Part I. 



2. A peculiar atmospheric phenomenon observed on several days after sun- 



set and before sunrise in the Panjab. — By J. Beidges Lee, M. A. 



Barr.-at-law, F.G.S., F.Z.S., F.C.S., &c. 



Most people in Lahore, and also probably in the neighbouring dis- 

 tricts of the Punjab, have had their attention arrested by the very beauti- 

 ful evening glow which has lately filled the western sky at sunset and 

 shortly after. The glow has been noticeable for several days past and 

 was especially beautiful on Sunday last. The whole western sky has 

 been seen to be full of light, the tints varying from green through yellow, 

 orange and red. These tints have succeeded each other in the order of 

 the colours of the spectrum, though the colours are not pure in the sense 



