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Parr L—HISTORY, LITERATURE, &e. 
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No. III.—1865. 

— Coins of the Nine Nagas, and * two other Dynasties of Narwar and 
Gwalior —By Major-General A, Cunniwanam. 
[Received 13th July, 1865. Read 2nd August, 1865. ] 
The old Hindu coins which are engraved in the accompanying plate, 
were nearly all obtained in the Gwalior territory, and chiefly in the 
cities of Gwalior, Narwar, and Gobad. Most of them are now pub- 
lished for the first time, as only five specimens out of the whole num- 
ber will be found in James Prinsep’s plates. These are Nos. 7, 11, 
and 12 of the first series, No. 15 of the second, and No. 25 of the third 
series. Most of the coins now published are very rare, and several of 
them are unique; but Nos. 27 and 29 are common, and No. 7 is so 
exceedingly numerous that upwards of 3,000 specimens have passed 
‘through my hands, and there are as many more in the Stacy cabinet, 
of the Asiatic Society’s collection. Stacy’s specimens were obtained 
Gobad, and more than half of mine were found at the same place, 
but the remainder were procured at Mathura and Delhi, as well as at 

is can only be guessed at by the find-spots of their money. But 
he present case I am fortunate in being able to illustrate each of 
Me Fibro: different, series by references to inscriptions. The last series 
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