4 E. E. Oliver —Some Copper Coins of Alihar found in "Kdngrd. [No, 1, 
Tlie whole are struck as falus or ni7n tanJcahs, the average of 90 
coins weighed by me being 318J grains; several exceeded 320, in one 
case touching 326 grains. 
Some of the mints, 28 in all, exclusive of two unread, are new to 
me, or are variants of known mints, and one or two I have not been able 
to identify. Possibly some of the more experienced contributors to this 
Journal may be more successful. 
Akbarabad, Mirath, Narnol, Fathipur, Sherpur, Gobindpur, Bairatah, 
Deogir, Doganw, and (? Sirsa Banaras) are not mentioned by Abul 
Fazl in his list of mints given in the A'in. Daru’l Saltanat Fathipur is, 
however, presumably what he refers to as “ the seat of government,” 
(Daru’l Khilafat) Akbarabad is of course the Muhammadanised name of 
Agrah. Narnol or Narnaul was well-known for its copper mines and is 
very common, but I do not remember seeing Mirath mentioned as a 
mint of Akbar’s before. Sherpur may not improbably be the town in 
the Bogra district, Bengal, referred to both in the A'in and the Akbar- 
nama as an important frontier post, and usually called “ Sherpur Mur- 
chha” to distinguish it from another Sherpur in Maimansinh. Raja Man 
Singh, Akbar’s Hindu General in Bengal from 1589 to 1606 is said to 
have built a palace here, and have used it as a centre for military opera¬ 
tions in Southern Bengal. In 1660 it finds a place in the Dutch 
Government maps under the disguise of ” Ceerpoor Mirts.” Of Gobin- 
purs there are two or three in Bengal, now insignificant villages. The 
name, however, survives in certain fixed divisions and in a mart in Gaya, 
that may formerly have been of greater importance. 
Bairatah or Bairat, General Cunningham takes to be Virat, the capi- ' 
tal of Matsya or Gujarat, where Hindu legends make the five Pandus 
spend their exile from Dilli. As Bairatnagar the old city was deserted 
for several centuries, but probably repeopled again in Akbar’s time. It 
too was always celebrated for its copper mines and is mentioned in this 
connection by Abul Fazl in the A'in. Deogir, the Daulatabad of Mu¬ 
hammad bin Tughlaq, is variously called in the A'in by both names and 
as Dharagarh, but whether during Akbar’s time, or at any rate prior to 
986, the date of this coin, it had any right to be termed Daru’l Khilafat 
may perhaps be doubted. 
Daru’l Islam Doganw I have so far altogether failed to identify. 
Comparing some dozen coins there seems no reason to doubt the reading 
to be as above, and the prefix “ Daru’l Islam” points to a place of some 
importance. The dates of the coins in my cabinet extend over 12 years, 
or from 980 to 992 A. H. The termination ganw or gaon was common, 
and we have Satganw, Panchganw, Chalisganw, Chittagaon, Sunargaon, 
Lohgaiiw, Deoganw and numerous others mentioned in the Ain and the 
