204 Philological Secretary— JRepo?'/5 on Coins. [Nov. 



No. of 

 speoimena, 

 6, 'A'lamgi'r Sani', 1167—1173 A. H. = 1754->1759 



A. D., Madras Rupee, marked by j/^ 1 



6, ShXh 'A'lam, 1175—1221 A. H. = 1759—1806 

 A. D., 



a, Imperial Mintages : mint illegible ; legible date 



1200 2 



&, Provincial Mintages : New Nagpuri, marked by 



crescent w (see ibid., p. 68), dated 1190 1 



do., Indor Rupee, marked by faced solar disk, 



date 1180, mint Mulharnagar 1 



Total... 375 



The Ta^wtz (<^^*->) or ' amulet-holder' is a small box in the form of 

 an octagonal cylinder with domed extremities, about 3| by 1 J inches. 

 It has two ornamental rings attached near to the two ends for the pas- 

 sage of a string by which it may be worn. On the side it is provided 

 with a large square opening reaching over nearly three of its eight faces, 

 and covered by a lid, moveable on a hinge and furnished with a thick 

 knobby handle. The hinge, however, is broken. It is strongly made of 

 silver, and weighs nine tolas. 



The other object is a very thin gold plate, embosed with three 

 very rudely made standing figures, apparently representing Jagannath 

 (Krishna), his brother Balaram and his sister Subhadra. It is fixed to 

 an equally thin silver plate with its ends turned over, so as to form a 

 frame round the images. The whole measures IrJ- inch square, and 

 weighs rather more than J tola. It can easily be inserted in the amulet- 

 holder, and may be the amulet belonging to it. 



IV. Report on 498 old coins, forwarded by the Officiating Deputy 

 Commissioner of Shahpur, with his Ko. 836, dated 3rd October, 1888. 



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

 near the village of Chitta in the salt range in the district of Shahpur. 

 They were enclosed in an earthen vessel, which came to pieces when 

 taken out of the ground. The whole of the coins, with the exception of 

 one, belong to Saifu-d-din Hasan Qurlagh, who was one of the leading 

 generals of Jaldlu-d-din Mankbarnin, the last of the Kharizmian Kings, 

 in the beginning of the 13th century A. D. See Thomas' Chronicles of 

 the Pathan Kings of Delhi, pp. 85, 92, where, on p. 96, these coins are 



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