W. Vost —The Dug am Mint. 
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1895.] 
the hill people being considerable. Here also there was a mint for 
copper pice. As we are told that Nasiru-d-din during his brilliant 
administration of this'district made liis power felt even in the hills . 
and rendered Bahraicli prosperous in the extreme, it is not improbable 
that it was under liis auspices that this town was established. By 
the end of Shah Jahan’s reign it was deserted, the legend being that 
a saintly mendicant in a fit of ill-humour cursed it so effectually as to 
cause the inhabitants to leave it “ en masse.” The tomb of the spite¬ 
ful old man, Shah Sajan, is now the resort of pious pilgrims and a 
large fair is held on the site of the old town.” 
The above quoted extract is taken from the Report of the Revision 
of Settlement of the Bahraicli District , Province of Chide , printed in 1873. 
It appears to have escaped attention. Mention is made of Dogam in 
Colonel Jarre tt’s translation of Ain-i-Akbari at page 172, Yol. II. It is 
there stated, “ in the vicinity of the town (Bahraicli) there is a village 
called Dokon which for a long time possessed a mint for copper coin¬ 
age.” Under the heading “ Nanpara Pargana ” the Gazetteer of the 
Province of Oudh, 1878, records that “ Dugaon is spoken of in the 
Araish-i-Mahfil under the name of Deokhan or Deokan.” The Gazetteer 
says, too, “ Dugaon ” was deserted in one day on account of Shah Sajan’s 
curse. On the 22nd December 1894 I travelled via Rajapur and 
Kegwapur to visit Dogao. Nanpara was formerly known as Tappa 
Salonabad from Salona Begam, tvife of Prince Dara, son of Shall 
Jahan. The road here and there has bricks appearing above the 
surface, and in Kegwapur itself there is a piece of cemented road 
which the villagers say was part of the chief thoroughfare that led 
into the city. The first vestiges of Doga8 are distinctly visible just 
beyond Kegwapur. Here there are a number of mounds, and a well 
10 feet in diameter. This is now partly filled up by fallen bricks. 
About two miles further on, the ruins become more plentiful. Five 
years ago, when the Bengal and North-Western Railway was being- 
made, many hundreds of cartloads of ancient bricks were taken away. 
At that time what was left of the standing houses was dismantled. 
The foundations now only are left. An extension of the railway at 
right angles to the present line is contemplated. In a few years it is 
probable nothing will remain to tell of the whereabouts of the town. 
For this reason it may be well to put on record that the village 
Takia stands at the north-west, and Banjaria at the north-east corner of 
the city, while the hamlets known as Amraya, Munupurwa and Dogo 
are actually on the ruins. The city appears to have been, at all events 
it is now, bounded on the north by the Matlikhanoi Jhil, on the west 
by the Sarju river, on the east by the Kajhowa Jhil, and on the south 
by the Pajowa Jhil. 
