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;>" !~*f>^ cr'J O^J r C^*" (***"54 SUPPLEMENT.succession, might not form significant or even pronounceable words, whichcommon use required, a latitude was admitted in the selection and arrangementof letters equally capable of forming by their combination the samenumber: for as the sum results from simple addition, and does not dependupon the place ' of units, ten-, ^c. . it Eoflowsthatv they may be combined inany order and that order was chosen which produced any known terms,;however trilling or inapplicable their meanings.To explain this by an example, we shall take the year 42 of the cycle,corresponding with 1788 of J.C., 1202 of the Jujralt,1216 of the Sultau'-era, and the sixth of his reign. The number 42 may be expressed by vari-'Mibinations of the letters of the >//>f/tx, but if we produceitby adding1, we shall at the same time compo-together ^ 30, \ I, j 10, and again\word \)*~ sara odoriferous;' which is the name appropriated to the fortysecondyear of the cycle, and such we lind it on' the coins. Thus (forillustration) if it were required to express in the Roman method of numerationthe date of 6.3, itmight be done by combining the letters L 50, V5,and X 10, which together would form the word LVX, light.Names of the Sultani years of the cycle of sixty according to theabjed.vr \Y \\ v (A v n a p r Y \Y1 Y YP Yr YY Y\ V \l \A \v \nAfi>\^ ^5=* fc\j^ Jcfcjn *r rp rr a r\ r YI6f 6f a\d-Y*l PA PV f-\ ipa Y*P Pr PYaltas.Names of the Sultani years of the cycle of sixty according to the\p \r \Y \\ v i A v n p r Y \n ? 6 Vp Vr VV ft V .tf$ *)*pr PY p\ p- ri rA rv n r pr rr n r\ r-PPIt must be observed that the terms ^ ahad and J^**.\ aJnned arearbitrarily assigned to the first and second years, because no letters besides\ or s^ coidd, according to the principle of the system, be assigned tothem, and these, separately, do not constitute words, although jointly asv>^ ab 'water,' they apply well to the third year. It is thought superfluousto annex translations of the sixty names, as the of theirknowledge1signification, even if free from ambiguity, would add nothing to our knowledgeof the subject.To the twelve months also, of which these years consist, new and fancifulnames were assigned, and as they frequently appear in the legends,
SUPPLEMENT. 55it becomes necessary to specify them. The former of the two lists heregiven was that which Tipu employed during the first four years of hisreign. The second contains those names which, upon changing the dbjed forthe abtas, he found it requisite to adapt to the new system of numeration ;for as the initial letters of each month denote the numerical order inwhich they stand, the former set of names could not be retained withoutconfusion.Names of -the twelve months, commencing with numerical letters, according tothe abjed.n af r Y \\\Names of the twelve months, commencing with numerical letters, according tothe abtas.<strong>In</strong> the names of the eleventh and twelfth months, it will be noticed thatin the old series the letter \denoting 1, and the letter s- denoting 2, arefollowed (according to the usual order of Arabic from right to left) by theletter
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GOVEENMENT CENTEAL MUSEUM,MADRAS.CO
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16 ROMAN (OINS.24. Obcerse. XKROXI.
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PREFACE.IN the preparation of the p
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HISTOEY OF THE COINAGE OF THETEEEIT
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1-4), though they are now usually c
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9from thence laden with sondry kind
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11place, leaving behind only one of
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13weigh 2 dwt. 4^ grs.M. Tavernier'
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15form that Moor in his Hindu Panth
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17rupees, pices, and budgrooks, l a
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19The following types of Anglo-Indi
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21a Phirwin iid, giving his authori
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23title of" The United Company of M
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25linguist) the memorable Firman or
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2911. Lead double Pice.Obverse. The
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31make use of after the first trial
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with33French General Lally and inve
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35On the 12th of August 1765, the E
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37The coin of gold of the country i
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39became the established currency o
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41As regards the coins of the ninet
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43" (3) The new sikka rupee, struck
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45" The coinage of rupees, half rup
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47Venetions or Shanar Cash.Alkoss C
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49OSverseS ^JlcX.ReverseIn a letter
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51" the Board have referred particu
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53" The copper coinage in circulati
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55ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY, and o
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57motto AUSP. BEGIS. & s. ANGLiAE,
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59of 2 per cent, to cover the charg
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61In section ii of the same regulat
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63changing the form of the bullion
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65117. Tliis would doubtless be an
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67rupee respectively shall be recei
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69of tenders made to this mint, viz
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71at a small expense, and been made
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73struck from matrices engraved by
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75IV. The copper coins so coined sh
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79ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY.Fo. Da
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1(H7 )INDEX TO PLATES.PLATE I.Fig.
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INDEX TO PLATES. 119PLATE VII.Fig.
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