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R. Burn — The Bajratjggarh Mint and Coins. 
[No. 4, 
under British Officers. In 1819, through the mediation of the British, 
Sindia granted a fief to A jit Simgh of the yearly value of Its. 1,42,848-8, 
of which Rs. 55,000 were to be kept by the Raja and the balance 
paid to Sindia who guaranteed that amount however. 4 In 1843 owing 
to family quarrels a division was made, and new Sanads granted to 
Bijai Simgh, and Chatar Lai. 5 
For much of the information given above, and for valuable refer¬ 
ences I am obliged to Colonel Barr, Agent to the Governor-General in 
Central India. 
The Bajragggarh coins have hitherto been very imperfectly des¬ 
cribed. They were first read by Prinsep who appears to have only 
possessed a very poor specimen of one of the varieties. Be says of 
them (Useful Tables, pp. 64, 65). 
“3. The Bajrangarh Rupee. 
(Near Kota Bundl) known by the Lotus symbol; coined by a petty 
zamindar; much debased. In the Bhakha dialect. 
Obverse: 
Sri raraa cliaprasl pavanputra balapayan. 
‘ All-powerful son of the air (Hanuman) servant of Rama.’ 
Reverse : 
sum wtrt ^ snrirjpc 
Is par chhapa ml raja Jai Siijgh ke 21 Jainagar. 
‘ On this coin is imprinted the 21st (year) of Raja Jai Singh at 
Jaynagar.’ 
The initial and final letters are imperfectly visible on the coin; 
the purport shows it to be struck at Jaynagar, a village near 
Bajrangarh.” 
The latest authority on coins of Rajputana, Surgeon Major Webb 
briefly dismisses them with the remark that they have been fully des¬ 
cribed by Prinsep. His figure (PI. VIII, fig. 17) appears to be merely 
a copy of that given by Prinsep (Vol. II, pi. XLV, fig. 3). Mr. C. J. 
Rodgers, in the Catalogue of coins in the Calcutta Museum (pp. 156-157, 
Vol. II) gives a reading from eight coins, but his reading does not give 
any clear meaning of either the obverse or reverse inscriptions. 
My attention was first drawn to the coins when looking over Dr. 
Hoey’s collection, and from the ten specimens in it I made out a read- 
4 Aitchison’s Treaties, Ed. 1876, Vol. Ill, p. 409. 
5 Ibidem, pp. 409-411, Hunter ( Gazetteer , Vol. VII, p. 471) says a portion of 
tlie Jagir was given to one A jit Simgh also. 
