212 R. D. Haldar — Letter on Coins etc. [Nov. 



The following gentlemen have expressed a wish to withdraw from 

 the Society. 



Alan Cadell Esq. 

 Kumar Debendra Mallik. 



The Secretary reported the death of the following Members. 

 Dr. Ram Das Sen. 

 Lt. Col. T. C. Plowden. 

 Babu Girijabhusan Mukerji. 



The Philological Secretary read the following letter from Babu 

 Rakhal Das Haldar, presenting some coins, inscriptions and a stone 

 figure, which were exhibited : 



" I beg to present herewith to the Society the following : 

 (1.) An inscription on stone (broken into three parts) dated 1720 

 Vikramaditya Samvat, found in village Khukhra, which was at one time 

 the seat of the Maharajas of Chutia Nagpur. The text (see Plate III) 

 may be read thus — 



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5 t*i f TO 1T<5 W 



" The Raghunath Narendra " mentioned in the inscription, was 

 the most renowned among the former chiefs of Chutia Nagpur. 



(2.) A photographic negative of the above inscription. 



(3.) Twenty-five copper coins dug out of the earth in the village of 

 Khukhra in Chutia Nagpur, probably of the age of the emperor Akbar. 



(4.) And lastly, a mutilated stone idol, found in the Siiraj Mandil 

 (temple of the Sun) at the village Sutiamba, in Chutia Nagpur. The so- 

 called temple of the surj, a mere thatched shed, is mentioned in the 

 annals of the Nagavamsi family. 



" I beg further to send you herewith for preservation some rubbings 

 I took last year from inscriptions found in and about Doesanagar, once 

 the capital of Chutia Nagpur. I had not had sufficient time at my dis- 

 posal to complete my enquiries about them. One- of the inscriptions is 

 dated 1711 Samvat, and names Maharaja Rama Shah, father of Raghu- 

 nath mentioned above. This is the oldest inscription I have seen in 

 Chutia Nagpur." 



Dr. Hoernle stated that he had examined the coins, which were 

 of the following types : 



