54 A. F. R. Hoernle —A JSTeiv Find of JEarly Muhammadan Coins. [No. 1, 
small number belonging to the imperial mints of the Dehli Sultans.* The 
coins of the large hoard embraced a period of some 107 years, reaching up 
as high as about A. H. 634 ( = A. D. 1236). Those of the smaller hoard 
extended over a term of 13 years and went back as far as the year 614 
A. H. ( = 1216 A. D.) ; thus bringing us to an interval of only 14 years 
from the first occupation of Bengal by the Muhammadans, which took 
place in 600 A. H. (=A. D. 1203) under Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji. 
Selecting the earliest specimens from among the coins of the two finds, 
Mr. E. Thomas described them in two papers, contributed to this Jour¬ 
nal. f The substance of the first paper is also incorporated in his Chroni¬ 
cles of the Pathan Kings of Dehli, pp. 109 ft.J 
Quite recently, in the beginning of November 1880, a buried trea¬ 
sure was found by three land cultivators in some kheraj ground within the 
municipal limits of Gauhati (in Asam). The hoard consisted of 38 
silver pieces and 40 small lumps of gold ; but only 14 of the former and 
one of the latter were recovered by the Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup, 
who, under the Treasure Trove Act, forwarded them to the Asiatic Society 
of Bengal. On examination by me they proved to be early Muhammadan 
coins, some of which bear the name of the provincial mint of Lakhanauti, 
while others do not mention their place of mintage at all. Among them 
were some which have not been hitherto described and published ; one or 
two, I suspect, are altogether new. 
They consist of— 
4 coins of the Dehli Emperor Shams-ud-din Altamsh. 
Bengal Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din Twaz. 
Dehli Empress Riziah or Jalalat-ud-din. 
Dehli Emperor ’Ala-ud-din Mas’aud. 
Dehli Emperor Nasir-ud-din Mahmud. 
Bengal Sultan Mughis-ud-dm Yuzbak. 
Before proceeding to describe these coins in detail, it will be useful 
to give a table of the Governors of Bengal and the contemporary 
Emperors of Dehli, indicating those rulers (in small italics) coins of whom 
have been already discovered and described by Mr. Thomas. This will 
show at a glance the additions (in capital italics), procured from the pre¬ 
sent find. 
1 coin 
2 coins 
1 coin 
3 coins 
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* Less than 150 in the large and 1 in the smaller hoard. 
f See vol. XXXYI, 1867, pp. 1 ff. and vol. XLII of 1873, pp. 363 ff. . The first 
paper had been origninally printed in the Journal R. A. S. (N. S.), vol. II. of 1866, 
pp. 145 ff. 
J See also Blochmann’s Geography and History of Bengal , in J. A. S. B., vol. XLII, 
pp. 245 ff. Also Dr. R. Mitra in J. A. S. B., vol. XXXIII, pp. 579, 580. 
