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brother of Jaichand of Kanauj, Thakur Ralitor (though the family history 
calls him Gahrwar),* on the victory of Shahab-ud-din Ghori, and Manik 
Chand’s own defeat at Karra Manikpur, his sons made their way to the 
Yindhya mountains near Mirzapur, whence one son settled in Orcha, and 
the youngest returned to Aurangpur Sambhi, and ousting the XJjena 
Thakurs, who were in possession, established a raj at Sengh, to which were 
attached 28 villages (seven across the Ganges), and a cadet branch with the 
title of Rao at Madara Rai, with 17 other villages. During the oppres¬ 
sions of the Oudli rule the latter branch became extinct, and only 9 villages 
remained in the hands of the Sengh Raja. Owing to the lunacy of the 
Raja Bhawani Singh (who was an adopted heir from that branch of the 
family which had settled across the Ganges), which threw the estate into 
the power of his two widows (profligate women), even these have been in 
danger of transfer, but the estate is now in charge of the Court of Wards, 
and may be saved for the young occupant of the “ gaddi,” Takht Singh.f 
A New Find of Farly Muhammadan Coins of Bengal.—>By 
A. F. Rudolf Hoernle, Ph. D. 
(With four Plates.) 
In 1863 an unusually large hoard of silver coins, numbering in all 
no less than 13,500 pieces, was found in the State of Kooch Behar in 
Northern Bengal. J About 10 years later another, much smaller hoard 
was found in or near the Fort of Bihar, containing only 37 pieces. § Both 
hoards consisted of coins of almost exclusively Bengal mints, only a very 
* For an attempted solution of the relation of Gahrwars to Rahtors I refer to 
Elliott’s Supplementary Glossary. The fanciful derivation given to the name here is 
“out of house and home” (ghar bahar), referring to the flight of the tribe after the 
destruction of Kanauj. 
f From Mr. F. N. Wright’s Report on the Revision of the Settlement of the 
Cawnpore District, pp. 18—22. 
X See Report (with list of coins) by Dr. R. Mitra in J. A. S. B. vol. XXXIII, pp. 
480—483. Also E. Thomas’ Initial Coinage of Bengal , in J. A. S. B., vol. XXXYI, 
p. 1. 
$ See Journal A. S. B., vol. XLII, p. 343. The exact date of this find is not 
mentioned by Mr. Thomas. 
