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THE INDIAN MUSEUM: 1814—1914. 
was devoted to the coins of the prae-Mughal Muhammadan 
dynasties and was to be divided into two parts; the first part 
contained the coins of the Sultans of Delhi from the 12th 
century to the 16th, and the second part, those of the various 
Muhammadan states which arose upon the ruins of tho 
Empire of the Tughlaqs. The third volume was to be 
devoted entirely to the coins of the Mughal Emperors. The 
fourth volume was to contain the coins of various Muham¬ 
madan and Hindu states which came into existence upon the 
downfall of the Mughal Empire. 
The coins catalogued by Mr. V. A. Smith were returned 
in 1907, and those catalogued by Mr. H. N. Wright in the 
next year. They were arranged in the safes by Babu Rakhal 
Das Banerji. At this time Babu Nilmoni Chakravartti 
compiled a catalogue of supplementary specimens in the 
Archaeological galleries. This catalogue was the basis of that 
subsequently published in the name of the late Dr. T. Bloch, 
who re-wrote the first part of it. 
Arrangements were in progress for some time to create an 
Archaeological Section of the Museum and to transfer its 
control to the Director-General of Archaeology in India. 
In anticipation of this change, the Director-General placed 
the services of his excavation assistant at the disposal of the 
Trustees. The Archaeological Section was formally trans¬ 
ferred on loan to the Archaeological Survey in December, 
1910. At the same time the Trustees transferred the services 
of a gallery assistant to the Archaeological Department 
and agreed to the deduction of the pay of this officer, and 
also of the sum of Rs. 1200 for the purchase of antiquities 
from their annual grant. 
During the first few months of its existence the work of 
the new Section was very much hampered for want of funds. 
Funds and the temporary staff were, however, sanctioned 
by Government in 1911. 
When the new wing of the Indian Museum was planned 
it was proposed that the ground floor should be occupied by 
the Archaeological Section, the first floor by the Art Section, 
and the second floor by the offices of both these sections. 
Shortly before the visit of Their Imperial Majesties, the 
