140 Philological Secretary — Report on Coins. [May, 



The following gentlemen have intimated their wish to withdraw 

 from the Society : 



W. D. Blyth, Esq., 0. S. 

 B. L. Gupta, Esq., C. S. 



The President announced that the Council had sanctioned expen- 

 diture up to Rs. 500 for the purpose of carrying out enquiries as to the _ 

 cause of the explosive sounds known as " Barisal guns," with reference fl 

 to the paper on the subject read at the March meeting of the Society. 



The Philological Secretary read the following report on a find of 

 Treasure Trove Coins in the Sialkot District : — 



Report on 125 old coins forwarded by the Deputy Commissioner 

 of Sialkot, with his No. 521, dated 23rd March, 1888. 



1. The coins are stated to have been found as follows : 13 were 

 dug from a mound of earth at Naugal Satkan, Tahsil Zafarwal ; 38 

 were found buried in a sugarcane-field in Chak Ram Dass, Tahsil Dos- 

 ka ; 74 were found in digging at the banks of a swamp in Mouzah 

 Saddhar, Tahsil Pasrur. There is no means of identifying the coins 

 belonging to these several finds. 



2. All the coins, with the exception of one, are (silver) Rupees 

 of the following Moghul Emperors of Delhi. 



No. of specimens. 



I. Shah Jahan, 1037—1068 A. H. = 1627—1658 

 A. D., 

 a, Type I, two square areas, date 1050, 13 — mint 



Surat, others illegible ; 5 



h, Type II, one round area ; mint, date illegible ; 1 



c, Type III, lettered surfaces, 1041, 1044, Multan. 2 



II. AuRANGzfB, 1068—1118 A. H. = 1658—1707 A. D. 



a, Type I, lettered surfaces, dates 1099* — 1102 



—1103— 1108— 1109— 1110—11112—1112 



—1113—1115—1116—1117—1118; Mints: 



Surat,^ Patnah, Dc4ru-z-Zafar (Akbarabad ?), 



Daru-s-Saltanat Lahor^, Etawa, Bareli, Mus- 



taqiru-1-Khilaf at Akbarabad, 19 



fc. Type II, two square areas, 1096, Akbarabad... 1 



HI. Bahadur Shah, 1119—1124 A. H. = 1707—1712 

 A. D. 

 Two different types of lettered surfaces, dates 

 1121, mints : Daru-s-Saltanat Labor, Daru-1- 

 khilafat Shalijaluinabad, Daru-s- ?) a 



