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The second coin, which was very perfect in its preservation of beau- 

 tiful execution, was struck at Bagdad. The second was Marsden's 

 No. XLVI. 



The first named coin was not described in Marsden, and one of the 

 inscriptions was not quite deciphered ; the character used was too 

 of rather peculiar form. 



The Dehli rebels had destroyed the copy of Professor Frahn's 

 works which Mr. Bayley once possessed and he was not quite certain 

 if the coin was, as was probable, an uncles cribed mintage. 



Mr. Cowell noticed that Mr. E. Thomas had on more than one 

 occasion, but especially in his paper on Pathan coins, pointed out 

 the untrustworthiness of the dates given by the Mohammedan 

 historians of India. Syud Ahmed had further illustrated it in the 

 edition of Zia Barni's Tarikh-i Feroz Shahi recently published in the 

 Bibliotheca Indica, by dated quotations from Khosru and other 

 poets, showing that in several instances the dates given in the history 

 were manifestly erroneous. 



Mr. Bayley replied that this was true, and the coins were ordina- 

 rily more trustworthy than the histories, but even they were not al- 

 ways accurate. This proceeded in various instances from different 

 causes, and he instanced the coins struck during the interregnum 

 which followed the departure of Timour from Dehli when coins were 

 struck correctly dated, but in the name of deceased kings, for fear of 

 arousing the vengeance of that tyrant or his successors. 



So also more recently, during the mutiny at Bareilly and Luck- 

 now, coins had been struck in the name of Shah Alum, and in 

 those struck at Bareilly the correct date was given, and what would 

 have been the year of his reign had he been living. 



4. Prom Babu Rajendralal Mitra a paper on the vestiges of the 

 kings of Grwalior and a note on a copper plate grant from Sarun. 

 The Babu read the papers, and the thanks of the meeting were 

 voted to him for his valuable communication. 



The papers will appear in the Journal. 



5. From Mr. Cowell, a paper on the Charvaka Bars 'ana or Materia- 

 listic Philosophy of the Hindus. 



Mr. Cowell read his paper, and a vote of thanks was passed to him. 



The paper will be published in the Journal. 



The Librarian submitted the usual monthly report. 



