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regarding the rise of this kingdom. According to the Ahbarndmah, the 

 founder was B i s a, who must have lived in the very end of the second period 

 of the Muhammadan history of Bengal, (i. e. about 944 H., or A. D. 

 1538), or fifty years* before Abul Fazl wrote. His son N a r a N a r a y a n 

 is not mentioned ; but bis coins prove that he was the contemporary of ' Adli. 

 A specimen of his silver coinage was published in J. A. S. B., for 1856, p. 

 457, by Babu Bajendralala Mitra, and bears the Saka year 1477, or A. D. 

 1555. A short time ago, Capt. Williamson, Deputy Commissioner, Garo 

 Hills, presented the Society with the following unique silver coin, which is 

 of the same year, but is much larger than the one published by Babu Bajen- 

 dralala Mitra, and differs in the legend of the reverse. It was picked up 

 by a Garo together with a Daudshahi rupee. 



Silver Com of Nara Na'ba'yana of Kuch Bihar. Large size. 

 Weight, 157-49 grains. Saka 1477 [A. D. 1555]. As. Socy. ; Bengal. 

 Dotted margin. 



Eeveese— ^t^ftTf-^r^n'cra^^i ^t% ^a^ n 



Obverse — (The coin) of the bee of the lotus of the foot of the twice illustrious Siva, 

 Reverse — Of the twice illustrious Nara Narayana. Saka, 1477. 



Nara Narayan's son and successor was Bal Gosain, whom the 

 Akbarnamah calls Bisa's grandson. He was reigning in 9S6, or A. D. 

 1578. His brother Shukl Gosain is mentioned by Abul Fazl and 

 Ralph Fitch. Bal Gosain's son is Lachmi N a r a y a n, who received 

 Man Singh in 1005 H., and was still reigning in 1027 (A. D. 1618). 



* Vide J. A. S. B., 1872, Pt. I, p. 52, 1. 8 from below, 

 the rise of Kuch Bihar is connected with the fall of Graur. 



It is quite possible that 



