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The Corpus of Mughal Coins of India is a series of six volumes. The Corpus deals with all the coins issued by the Mughal Emperors within modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Nepal & Bangladesh. These coins include not only all the coins issued by the Mughal Emperors, but also all the coins issued by provincial rulers in the name and style of these Mughal Emperors. These include Independent Kingdoms, Princely States and East India Company. Catalogue of Mughal coins is classified as per chronology of Mughal Emperors. Each volume of the present series includes several rulers and their respective coins. A table of the classification of all the coins of these Mughal coins is appended hereunder. Within each ruler, coins of that ruler are arranged as per metal: silver coins are followed by gold coins. Within each metal, coins are arranged as per distinguished types or series, for example Kalima type. or Kalima on Circular coins and Kalima on Square coins and the like. Within each Type or a Series, coins are arranged alphabetically as per their mint names. Furthermore, within each Mint, coins of those Mints are arranged as per sub-types or sub-series. For example, within coins of Akbar, coins are arranged as per following order:

Kalima on Square Coins ➡

Silver Coins-> Ahmedabad Mint without Mint Epithet (GR# 4.148) = Ahmedabad Mint with Mint Epithet (GR# 4.149)

Moreover, within each Series, Type, Variety or Sub-variety, known denominations of that variety are listed. These are also appended with years of minting on those varieties.

However, the years given for each variety are of two types: In case where the given years of issue are corroborated by verification of actual coins, such years are grouped under the heading. Years Known". On the contrary, for a few years of issue which are recorded in published in articles or books, but they are not personally verified by the authors, in such a case, such Years of Issue are grouped under the heading. "Years Reported",