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C. J. Rodgers — The Coins of the Malidrdjalis of Kdngra. [No. 1, 



coins as compared with that of the Rajahs. Nor must we wonder if a small 

 number o£ coins turns up bearing names of rulers to whom we cannot attri- 

 bute any country. Jalandhar and Kangra must have been subject at dif- 

 ferent periods to Kashmir as well as Kabul and perhaps to Kanauj. Gene- 

 ral Cunningham gives the following list : — * 



Accessions. 



Name in 

 list. 



Name on 

 Coins. 



Remarks. 



1330. 



Prithvi. 



Pithama . 





134.5. 



Purva. 



Apurvva. 





1360. 



Rupa. 



Rupa. 



Contemporary of Piroz. 



1375. 



Sringara. 



Singara. 





1390. 



Megha. 



Megha. 





1405. 

 1420. 



Hari. 

 Karmma. 



Ilari. 

 Karmma. 



1 Brothers. 



1435. 



Sansara. 



Sansara. 



Contemporary of Muhammad Sayid of 

 Delhi, A. D. 1433—1446. 



1450. 



Devanga. 

 Narendra. 



Avatara. 



There is one coin known of Devanga. 



1465. 



Narendra. 





1480. 



Suvira. 







1495. 



Prayaga. 







1610. 



Rama. 



Rama. 



Died 1528, A. D. 



1528. 



Dharmma. 



Dliarmma. 





1563. 



Manikya. 







1670. 



Jaya. 







1585. 



Vriddhi. 







1610. 



Triloka. 



Triloka. 



Rebelled against Jahangir, 1619 A. D. 

 Trilolta was the last king who coined. 















There are 1 2 more names given in the list. 



A little study of Plate II will .show that the coins are of several kinds. 

 The commonest is that which has a bull on the obverse, with the name of 

 Rajah above the bull. The reverse in every case except one has on it what 

 is intended for an image of the horseman and horse. But as a rule there are 

 only the legless hind-quarters together with the thigh and boot of the rider 

 visible. The one mark on nearly all of them is the spear the horseman carries. 

 First of all fixing this and remembering that the spear is carried close 

 behind the man's thigh, to the right should come the horse's head and to 

 the left the hind-quarters. But in reality only portions come on the coin. 

 The die must have been as large as the silver coins of Samanta Deva which 

 are a little broader than a four-anna piece. The boot is in some cases fully 

 visible. But the head of the horseman is nowhere to be found. The spear 

 has a notch on it near the bottom and a flag at the top. So it was a I'egu- 

 lar lance. Whether the man wore armour or not we can't say. 



These coins are found in considerable numbers not in Kangra itself, but 

 in Ludiana, Jalandhar and Umritsur. Vast quantities of them are how- 

 * Vol. V, Archieological Report, p. 162. 



