71 
1891.] 0. J. Rodgers —Supplement tv Thomas' Chronicles , No. 5. 
(36) Obv. In a circle :— Rev. A knot. 
*• 
A knob. A knot. 
This beautiful coin of Muhammad Tughlaq’s was found by me at 
Dehli. It is now in the British Museum. 
(37, 38, 39, 40) Obv. In a Rev. Bull and remains of 
rayed circle or rayed area :— Hindi letters. 
These coins I ascribe to Qutbu-d-din Aibak, but with some diffi¬ 
dence. forms from as isj** 3 ivomj**, from and 
from ^b. If I am correct, then these four coins are the only ones of 
Qutbu-d-din Aibak known. They were all in the cabinet I sold to the 
Panjab Government two years ago. I did not myself know of their 
existence, till I was compelled to examine each coin carefully for the 
purpose of entering it in the Catalogue. These coins are all from dif¬ 
ferent dies : they are now in the Lahore Museum. 
Catalogues of the coins in the Lahore Museum, the Indian Museum, 
and the Museum of the Asiatic Society are now in different stages of 
progress. When they are completed, we shall see what coins are in 
these museums. From what we know at present, the coins of India 
itself are but poorly represented ; while the coins of Asia, of Central, 
and Western Asia, the very cradles of mankiud and of civilization and 
the fountains of all Indian History, are but very imperfectly shown. 
The truth is that we are only beginning to find out what vast fields of 
history are capable of being illustrated by coins. Coins, however, being 
themselves intrinsically valuable, money is required at every stage of 
the enquiry. Unfortunately, one of the most enthusiastic of our col¬ 
lectors and one who possesses extensive knowledge about everything 
that has hitherto been obtained, is an excessively poor man, and he 
often has to pass by, to let slip out of his hands, precious and new 
coins, simply because he has not the means wherewith to purchase them. 
This should not be the case. 
Just lately, the collections of Dr. Stiilpnagel, late Principal of the 
Lahore Government College, of Thomas Higgens, Esq., Pleader, Lahore, 
and of Eugene Leggett, Esq., of Kurrachee, have been dispersed. They 
all contained precious and unique things. The first collection has gone to 
Chicago, where it is a wonder, and nothing more ; the second and third 
collections are simply scattered, but not one coin has gone to any Indian 
Museum. The collection of the late Pandit Ratan Uarain, of Delhi, was 
full of unique coins, chiefly of the Sultans of Delhi. It has gone 
whole to America. The vast collection of Dr. Da Cunha, of Bombav, 
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