122 f Noteontwo'terra-cotta Buddhist medals. [April, 



Some Clianuirs in October 1886 when ploughing at Masna near 

 Kakrahi Chat in Tappa Nandipar, Pargana Bansi, east of the Basti 

 District, N. W. P., found a metal pot containing coins. The pot is said 

 to have contained 54 coins, but only 38 have been recovered, viz., 



Ghiyas-ud-din Balban. 25 (Thomas, Pathan Kings, page 134, 

 No. 112, Plate IT, 42). 



Mnizz-nd-din Kaikobad. 12 (ibid., page 141, No. 116, Plate II, 

 46). 



'Ala-ud-din Muhammad Shah (ibid., p. 171, No. 132 or 133, PL III, 

 57). 



The village where the find occurred is on the road between Bansi 

 and Nepal. 



The coins of 'Ala-ud-din are very common. Those of Balban appear 

 to be less common, and those of Muizz-ud-din Kaikobad scarce. Two 

 coins of this last named prince were found last year in the south of the 

 Basti District (Proceedings, A. S. B, April 1886, p. 68). 



Action has been taken under the provisions of the Treasure Trove 

 Act, and as many of the coins as Government may desire to take can be 

 acquired. 



The Philological Secretary read an extract from a letter from C. J. 

 Rodgers, Esq., of the Archseological Survey Department, regarding coina 

 that he had collected during his recent tour. 



" I am just finishing my tour. During it I have collected upwards of 

 300 coins of different kinds for Government. These include a Sikandar 

 Siiri and an Ibrahim Suri, coins of the greatest rarity. I have also 

 found a chau tanke of Akbar's. This I take to be the four tanke-piece* 

 Several nim tankahs have also turned up, and a quantity of fuliis of 

 various mints. In one place in the hills here I obtained seven Ilahi months 

 of one mint, — Dihli. Yesterday I secured here three months of another 

 mint, Gobindpiir. 



" But the most puzzling thing I have found is a series of coins struck 

 at Dar ul Khilafat and Dar ul Islam Dogam ( ffyz ) .* They are simply 

 more abundant than any other mint, and yet I can find no clue as to 

 what it was or where. 



" I think I have found remains of the temple destroyed by Mahmud 

 of Ghazni in Kangra. But of this I am not quite certain." 



The Philological Secretary read the following extract from a 

 letter from A. M. Markham, Esq., Bijnaur, forwarding two terra-cotta 

 Buddhist medals (see Plate I). 



* [Sec a mention of these coins in Mr. Oliver's paper in the Journal, A. S. B. 

 Vol. LV, for 1886.] 



