History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c33.s8.2

v3.c33.s8.2

Mahmud's coins are found in bilingual form also, for the use of his Indian subjects. The legend in Devnāgari is interesting and shows that Indian Pandits were at the court of Mahmud. It is as follows.—“ अव्यक्तमेक मुहम्मद-अवतार नृपति महमूद.” They had made Mahmud an incarnation of Mahomet and identified the prophet again with the Avyakta, though sometimes the simple words अयं टंक महमूद संवत् ४१२ are found. These coins were struck at Lahore. There were mints at Lahore, Ghazni, Nishapur, and three or four more places in the west. There was no mint at Kabul.