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of course lead one on into a consideration of the whole 
monetary system of India and be far beyond the scope of 
any single paper. 
The Moghals in their monetary dealings with the south 
appear to have followed, in point of size and weight, the 
Hindu system of pagoda and fanam, and issues of Mahomed 
Shah (A.D. 1719)6 ^nd Alemgir II (A.D. 1754) occur of the 
former type and fanams of both these as well as of Ahmad 
Shah and Shah 'Alum. Other names also appear on fanams, 
notably that of Sikandar, these coins having on the reverse 
^, „ the date 1087 (Hiirah). while others bear 
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the name of a southern mint town, as for 
instance, those of Mahomed Shah struck at Bdlapur in the 
Mysore country. 
Before leaving the subject of the Mahomedan coins of 
the south, I must briefly allude to those of the XawAbs of the 
Karnatik. The gold coins of this dynasty have been noticed 
by Sir Walter Elliot in his contribution to the International 
Numismata Orientalia. He there says : " The hiins of 
Sa'adut UUa Khdn, who succeeded Nawdb Dawad Elidn 
and died in 1731, are recognised by the Persian letters <5^^ 
(illah) on the granulated surface, which is replaced on those of 
his relative Safdar 'All Khdn by the letter £. On his mui-der 
in 1741, the office of Nawab was conferred by the Nizdm on 
another family, that of Anwar-ud-dfn Khdn, but his son 
Muhammad 'Ali received his investiture direct from Delhi, 
with the high-sounding title of Walajah NawAb-id-Hind 
in 1766." He also figures thi-ee gold coins, two of wliich 
follow the type of the Chendragheri pagoda ' and bear on 
the granulated surface, the one an t aud the other the 
* Conf, " The Pagoda or Varaha Coins of Southern India," (Xos. 25 and 
26) hy Svirgeon-Major G. Bidic, !J1.B., C.I.E. — Jviiriial, Asiaiic Socicfj/ of 
Bengal, 1SS3. 
■"Marsden. pi IS, Xo. 10S3. Bidie, No. 19. 
