1870.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 297 



The most important point revealed by Mr. Sherring's paper is, 

 that coins were struck in the name of Husain Shah, the last Sharqi, 

 long after 881, the year in which, according to the Muhammadan 

 Historians, Jaunpur lost its independence, and even after 905, 

 the year in which Husain Shah is said to have died. 



Marsden also has a Husain Shahi of 886, A. H. 



III. — Notes on the Bonhara Temple near Omarpore, JBehar. — By 

 Babu Eashbihari Bose, Sub-Divisional Officer, Banka. 



IV. — An Account of Copilmoonee, Jessore, and its Antiquities, in con- 

 nection with the Fair held there in March, 1868. — By Babu 

 Eashbihari Bose. 



The Secretary read extracts from both papers, which will be 

 published in the forthcoming number of the Journal. He said — 



Babu Eashbihari Bose has since favoured the Society with an 

 excellent facsimile of the inscription of the Bonhara Mosque. The 

 inscription is in Arabic and runs as follows : — 



\j*&3 &) 4jjf u xs &U to.s:^ 70 ^Jj (: yo Am j <Sj1p aU| ^l+o ^AJJt Jis 



yiJaJfyf^jaJlj LJ*J| J3U ^UaLJJ £cls^| *s*»+}\ |*A a&s^l^ alLo 



( <j «a ) &**» &**&)\ (^i ^9 AJUaL* j *£JU &1J| oia. ylkL* %{£ ^^A. 



"tt «*■ i * 



' Thus says the Prophet (may God's blessing rest upon him !) — 

 He who builds a mosque for God, shall have a castle like it built 

 for him by God in Paradise. This is the Jami' Masjid (erected) 

 by Sultan 'Alauddunya wa-ldin Abul Muzaffar Husain Shah, the 

 King. May God perpetuate his reign ! Zul Qa'dah 908, A. H.' 

 [June, 1502, A. D.] 



The inscription commences with a well-known passage from the 

 Muhammadan Tradition, and is almost identical with the inscrip- 

 tion on the Cheran Mosque published in our Proceedings for April, 

 1870 (p. 112). The characters being Tughrd, present considerable 

 difficulties in deciphering. The Arabic inscriptions on the slabs 

 which lie about in Tribeni and Satganw are in the same character, 

 and several of them belong to Husain Shah. 



'Alauddin Husain Shah reigned over Bengal from 1498 to 1521. 



