[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c19.s1.2 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s1.2 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s1.2 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.2) In most Muhammadan kingdoms such numismatic compromises with idolatry were only temporary, and the die-cutters of the Muslim sovereigns were ordinarily obliged to content themselves with calligraphic devices, on which much skill was lavished. The coins issued by Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlak of Delhi (A. D. 1324–51), who has been called 'the prince of moneyers', are exceptionally brilliant examples of calligraphic art. A specimen is shown in Plate XCVIII, Fig. 1, and may be taken as a typical illustration of well-executed Muhammadan orthodox coinage. - [Previous: c19.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.1) - [Next: c19.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.3) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.2) · Pramāṇa