1879.] C. J. Rodgers — The Copper Coins of Kashmir. 2S3 



not know. But I have three copper coins of his, with the name on, beyond 

 a doubt. On the silver coin too the name is unmistakeable. But history is 

 silent about him, and no list of Kashmir kings that I have seen contains 

 his name. Unfortunately the year is altogether rubbed off. Archaeologi- 

 cal explorations in Kashmir should reveal something about this Sultan. It 

 is possible that some of the Sultans may have rejoiced in several names, and 

 that the one by which he is known to historians is not the one on the coins. 

 We have several instances of this in Indian numismatics. I have not given 

 this king's coins, though I possess three of them. I reserve them for fur- 

 ther light, research may throw upon them. 



By me just now I have a coin of Dr. Sttilpnagel's. It is of a Kash- 

 mir Maharajah. It reads Sri Pesuta Jaya Sinha. This has not yet been 

 identified. I have one of my own which reads Java Deva Deva. This I 

 am going to publish though not able to identify the coin. Further study 

 of these coins will give us fuller results. Hitherto numismatists have 

 somewhat neglected them. They (the coins) are filthy looking, very much 

 worn and being nearly illegible are too hard nuts for one to crack in leisure 

 hours, inasmuch as the lines left are so hard to make out that only long 

 study enables any one to feel any certainty about any point. The Kashmir 

 Sultans as given in Prinsep's Tables are as follows : — 

 A. H. A. D. 



715. 1315. Shams-uddin Shah Mir. 



750. 1349. Jamshed. 



752. 1351. Alisher Ala-uddin. 



765. 1363. Shahab-uddin. 



785. 1386. Kutub-uddin, Hindal. 



799. 1396. Sikandar, Butshikan. 



819. 1416. Amir Khan, Ali Shah. 



826. 1422. Zain ul-Abidin. 



877. 1472. Haidar Shah. 



878. 1473. Husain Shah. 



891. 1486. / Muhammad Shah and Fath Shah were 

 \ contending for the throne during these 

 902. 1496. 1 years. 

 91 L. 1505. \ Muhammad Shah reigned four times and 



Fath Shah three. 

 942. 1535. NazukShah. (Humayun.) 

 948. 1541. Mirza Haidar Baghlat. 

 960. 1552. Ibrahim. 



963. 1555. Isma'il. 



964. 1556. Habib. 



