[Illustration: ECONOMIC MAP OF ASIA ON MERCATORS PROJECTION John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: TRADE ROUTES OF ASIA ON MERCATORS PROJECTION John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: TURKEY IN ASIA ARABIA, PERSIA AFGHANISTAN & BALUCHISTAN] [Illustration: ASIA MINOR, SYRIA &c. John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: SUEZ CANAL] [Illustration: ADEN John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: OROGRAPHICAL CENTRAL ASIA WITH INDIAN FRONTIERS John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: INDIAN EMPIRE John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: PRODUCTS OF INDIA] [Illustration: PRODUCTS OF INDIA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: BOMBAY BERAR, AND PART OF CENTRAL INDIA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: PUNJAB SIND, RAJPUTANA, KASHMIR, &c. John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: UNITED AND CENTRAL PROVINCES BENGAL, ASSAM, &c. John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: MADRAS HAIDARABAD, MYSORE, AND CEYLON John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: BOMBAY] [Illustration: CALCUTTA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: OROGRAPHICAL FARTHER INDIA] [Illustration: BURMA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: MALAY STATES] John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: SIAM & INDO-CHINA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: THE FAR EAST ECONOMIC John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: EAST INDIES John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: JAVA] [Illustration: PHILIPPINE ISLANDS John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: ISLAND OF SINGAPORE] [Illustration: HONG-KONG John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: CHINA & JAPAN John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: NORTHERN CHINA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: SOUTHERN CHINA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: PEKING SHANGHAI John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: CANTON and HONG KONG] [Illustration: MANILA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: JAPAN] [Illustration: FORMOSA & LU-CHU ISLANDS on the same scale John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: KOREA AND MANCHURIA] [Illustration: CENTRAL JAPAN John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: TOKIO] [Illustration: PORT ARTHUR NAGASAKI John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: SIBERIA John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh] [Illustration: VLADIVOSTOK] A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE COINAGES OF ASIA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE COINAGES OF ASIA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES (700 B.C.) TO THE PRESENT DAY BY J. ALLAN, M.A., M.R.A.S.