1885.] C. J. Dodgers —On some more Copper Coins of Akbar. 59 
total is 18 krors -f 50 lacs of rupees. Now compare the progressive 
revenues in 
krors and lakhs of 
rupees. 
Krors 
lakhs* 
/ Abul Fazl 
14, 
97 
Akbar 
< Nizam-ud-Din 
16, 
00 
\ De Laet 
17, 
45 
Shah Jahan 
18, 
50 
Same provinces 
Shah Jahan later 
22, 
00 
Aurangzeb 
26, 
74 
Ditto 
35, 
64 
Ditto 
38, 
62 
Ditto 
30, 
17 after loss of provinces* 
Now these 
figures of progressive 
revenue show incontestably that 
Akbar’s revenue could not have been more than 16 krors,—and the 
double statement of De Laet, in tankas and dams r is specially clear 
and serves to fix the value of Nizam-ud-Din’s Muradi tankas as simple 
Akbari dams .. 
I am, 
very sincerely yours, 
A. Cunningham. 
I, on my own part, would only draw attention to the fact that these 
tanJcahs of Akbar, and the different parts of the same coin, seem to 
have been all struck in the last ten years of his reign, between 40 and 
50 Ilahi. The weight of the seems to make it as a half dam. 
At the same time I must say I have never yet seen a coin with the name 
dam on it. The Honorable Syud Ahmad told me he had seen one. 
From the weights given above, it would seem that the tanJcah weighed 
about 640 grs. The half 320, the quarter 160, the eighth part 80, the 
sixteenth part 40. Against this, however, we have the weights of two 
coins published in my former paper Nos. 18 and 19 of Gobindpiir and 
Dogam which are called tanJcahs and weigh 327 and 319 grains. The 
Bairat* tanJcahs and half tanJcahs , the Agra quarter and the Delhi 
# For interesting facts regarding Bairat, see the Reports of the Archaeological 
Survey of India, Vol. II, pp. 342-6, and Yol. VI, pp. 91-103. It was famous for its 
copper mines. I am ignorant of the position of Dogam. There are several Gobindpurs. 
We want sadly a Historical Geography of the Muhammadan period. Conquerors 
changed the names of places. The names remained for a time and were allowed 
then to fall into disuse. Thus Aduni was called by Aurangzeb Imtiydzgurh. Rupees 
were struck bearing this latter name. I have seen several though I possess none, 
I should Like to know where Alamyipu) is, and a lot of other places* 
