1865.] Coins of the Nine Nagas. 127 
Rev.—Legend in three lines FHeIaM!|T B- YR{R- Sri-Mad Asala 
Deva, 8. 1311. 
14. All my researches have failed to discover any trace of the first 
of these princes, but I have found the name of Chéhada Deva in two 
different inscriptions, as well as in Ferishta’s history. In the year 
A. H. 649, or 1251 A. D., the historian relates that Naser-ud-din 
Mahmud, the king of Delhi “ proceeded to the siege of Narwar. The’ 
Raja Jéhir Dew, having lately constructed the fort on the summit 
of a rock, prepared to defend it to the last. He accordingly marched 
out to oppose the Muhammadans, with 5,000 horse and 200,000 foot. 
This immense host being defeated with great slaughter, the place was 
invested and reduced to surrender after a few months’ siege.” In 
: Dow’s translation the Raja is called Zéhir Deo, and under this name 
__ he is entered in Prinsep’s tables, but with the date of A. D. 1251 trans- 
posed as 1215, and the name of Narwar erroneously referred to 







Nahrwara, or Analwéra-patan, in Gujarat. The inscriptions which 
mention Chdhada Deva are dated in 8. 1348 and 1355 or A. D. 1291 
and 1298, but the first refers apparently to a younger son and the 
second to a grandson. 
15. Ofthe third prince named A’sala Deva, I can find no trace in 
history, but he is mentioned in the Narwar inscription of S. 1355 as 
the son and successor of Chdhada Deva, and I found his name on a 
Sati pillar at Rai, with the date of S. 1327 or A. D. 1270, at which 
time he was the reigning sovereign. The beginning of his reign is 
fixed in the year S. 1311 by the agreement of the date of his father’s 
latest coins with that of his own earliest coins. The following table 
gives the chronology of these three princes as determined from various 
ources :— 
Accession, 
Samvat. A. D. 
1, Malaya Varmma Deva, 1267 1210 Coins S. 1280 odd, 82 & 1290 odd. 
. Chahada Deva, ......... 1292 1235 Coins S. 1303 to 1311. Ferishta 
A. D, 1251. 
3. Asala Deva, ........... 1311 1254 Coins S. 1311 to 1330 odd. 
. 1336 1279 Inscription, 8. 1327. 
_ Al the inscriptions referring to these Narwar princes, will be duly 
transmitted to Babu Rajendralala Mitra in the hope that he will 
kindly undertake their translation. 

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