Allahabad University News: The mystery of the vault that was closed for the last several decades in Allahabad Central University, known as the Oxford of the East, has finally been solved. After two days of hard work, the vault was opened by cutting it with a saw and drill machine. The vault that was opened amid controversies contains five hundred year old gold coins, a royal decree written in Persian language and Vinay Pitaka written in Pali language on a copper sheet. All these are priceless. These items of archaeological importance are being prepared to be kept in the museum of Allahabad Central University.

According to Allahabad Central University's PRO Professor Jaya Kapoor, the gold coins recovered from the vault's locker are about five hundred years old. Brahmi script is inscribed on these coins. The weight of these gold coins is about 7.34 grams and its diameter is 21 mm. All these coins are round in shape. Apart from gold, there are coins of some other metals as well. The number of coins is about five hundred. These coins are related to the Kidites Kingdom, a tribal community of Jammu and Kashmir. A king is shown standing on the coin, who is offering a sacrifice on the altar on the left side. However, the mystery of Kashmiri coins has not been solved yet. 

The royal decree is written in Persian language

Apart from gold and other metal coins, a royal decree written in Persian language has also been found from the vault. Experts will be consulted to find out what is written in the royal decree. Apart from this, Vinaya Pitaka written in Pali language on a copper plate has also been found. However, it is not yet clear when and how all these items came to the university. How did these priceless things become the heritage of the university? 

When these things were found during cleaning in 1998, the then administration of the university kept them in a safe in the library hall. At that time, information about their importance and utility was not gathered. A special safe was made to keep these materials. The safe could be opened only by using three keys simultaneously. One key of the safe was to be with the librarian, the second with the registrar and the third with the vice-chancellor. 

Safe cut with electronic saw and drill machine

According to information received from sources, when the current Vice Chancellor Professor Sangeeta Srivastava came to know about this, she decided to get the safe opened. However, it could not be opened due to the lack of two keys. After this, it was decided to cut it. After two days of hard work with the help of electronic saw and drill machine, the safe was cut and these precious materials were found in it.

Many questions were raised about the contents of the safe

According to PRO Jaya Kapoor, all these items are being kept back in the locker. The teachers and students of the university will do research on this in the coming days. Questions were being raised for a long time about these items kept in the vault. The work of opening the vault was done under the supervision of a high level committee.