A History of Assam c17.12

c17.12

∗ Unfortunately very few of the Jaintia coins bear the name of the king in whose reign they were minted. This omission is said to be due to a condition imposed by the Koches when they overran Jaintia. A description of these coins will be found in a paper contributed by me to the J. A. S. B., for 1895. The dates on these coins, which seem to have been modelled on those of the Koch kings, correspond to A.D. 1669, 1670, 1708, 1731, 1734, 1782, 1785 and 1790; and it may be assumed, when nothing is known to the contrary, that, as in the case of the early Ahoms, they were issued shortly after the accession of a new king.