Indian Antiquary Vol 18

SR No.: 032510
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: John Faithfull Fleet, Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 454
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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340
THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
Reverse:
and
Marks: over, in between, and; signs after kalghi of . No Hindu date on this coin, but I think it is undoubtedly Jaswant Singh's, because of his mark thereon, assuming that the local dealers in Pațiâlâ were right in assuring me that it is a Nâbhâ coin.
No. 39.-Coin of Jaswant Singh: ex coll. B. M.
Marks: after
حکم شد از [با حمد بادش [ ] - [ ] زن بر [Obverse : Legend (badly preserved [at
شراب [جا وس [میهن ته مانوس
A. D. 1820.
.partly visible within it 8 ; مانوس o after the 3 of ; جلوس of
Reverse:-Legend
Marks:-Part of the marginal ornament visible :-A kalght partly visible; after the vv is for Avv, i. e., St. 1877=
جلوس ۱۵ ۷۰ میمنت مانوس
Marks:-v over, giving date St. 1917 Reverse:-Legend
1862.
[NOVEMBER, 1889..
No. 40.-Coin of Jaswant Singh: ex coll. R. C. T.
Obverse Legend Marks :-None.
Reverse :-Legend Marks after in and within it. This coin is of a type differing from the rest in having No. 41.-Coin of Bharpur Singh: ex coll. R. C. T. Obverse :-Legend, now peculiar to Nâbhâ as dropping the familiar legend of Ahmad Shah, and adopting the equally familiar Sikh legend.
حکم شد از بچون باد] [ ] [ ] که سیم زر از اوج
غرب جلوس ۹۳ [میه نت مانوس
no
vv vv
1 for Ar, i.e., St. 1893 = A. D. 1836.
م . . جلوس as the date of the
1860 A. D.
88
ل ديغ تيغ قة [ع] نصرت بافت از گورو گوبه [۵] - [هم]
Marks: The pipal leaf of the Sikh coins star between, and.
No. 42.- Coin of Bharpur Singh: ex coll. R. C. T. Obverse Legend Marks:
below the of and
= 1850 A. D.
مر ب [1] به [1] [+] لوس ۵ میمنت مانوس
is evidently the mark of Bharpûr Singh
نصرت یا فت از نانک گورو گوبند سنگهه ]
above it; 11v over, giving date St. 1907
added over
رب [3] ، [ب] ) جلوس 0 مبينات [مانوس
Reverse: Legend
in; 19'v.over the, of
;
Marks-Same as in preced ing coin, and Xover the c of the same words; 8 between the, and of; between the two alifs of . No. 43.- Coin of Bharpur Singh: ex coll. R. C. T.
Obverse:- Legend
Marks:-19 over, giving a date between St. 191 and 1919 or between A. D. 1853 and
تمع فنی به رنگ اصره [۴] ورو گوبند سن گه [بافت
Reverse:- Legend
Marks:-Same as on No. 41: but No. 44. Coin of Bharpur Singh: ex coll. R. C. T.
after the in the of
(~[the] we] hote] 10 was [4]+[m]
42 is an interesting word as being a false Arabicism rhyming to following. The word is really a cauldron. The verse means "the pot, the sword, the victory, the conquest, Garu Gobind Singh obtained from NAnak":"the pot" corresponding to the purse," for with the old Panjab Chiefs he that could fill the stomachs of his followers was sure to obtain many.