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II. Report on four old coins forwarded by the Secretary to 

 Government N.-W. Prov. and Oudh, Financial Department, with his 



No. ^^ dated the 18th June 1889. 

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The coins are stated to have been found in the village of Mahlotah 

 Pargana Sandi, in the Hardoi district. 



They are of gold and silver mixed, and belong to the class of later 

 Indo-Scy thian coins of the " Kida " type, and are probably an issue of 

 one of the Hunnic leaders who invaded India in the 5th and 6th cen- 

 turies A. D. Numerous varieties of these kida coins have been found 

 at different times and at different places. Some of them are described 

 in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. XII, p. 6 ; and in Prinsep's Indian Antiq- 

 uities, Vol. I. A specimen of the particular variety to which these four 

 coins belong, is figured on plate XXX, fig. 19, and described on p. 376. 

 The figurement of it, however, is not good. Unfortunately none of the 

 present four specimens are sufiiciently good to allow of their legends be- 

 ing fully read. The obvei^se shows, as usual, the standing figure of tlie 

 king, with Icida under his left arm ; under his right arm can be read 

 W^ hardhana or perhaps ^^ vardhana, as on the coin in the Indian 

 Antiquities. The reverse shows, as usual, the crude form of a seated 

 goddess ; along the right-hand mai'gin, to be read from within, is a 

 legend of five aksharas, the first two of which are distinctly ^gj S'ri-Kri ; 

 the last is probably ya or a compound of ya (sya ?) ; the two medial 

 ones are mutilated beyond recognition. The legend is rather better 

 preserved on the coin figured in tbe Indian Antiquities, and has there 

 been read as Krigodlidya, though Krigodhiya would probably be more 

 correct. The traces on the present coins do not go against this readino- • 

 but it rests on too unsatisfactory materials to be accepted. So much 

 however, seems clear that the legend gave the name of some prince 

 S'ri-Kri[godhiya ] Vardhana. 



It was hoped, that more specimens of these coins may have been 



found. That, however, as appears from the letter of the Secretary to 



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 Government, No. — — , dated 10th July 1889, is not the case. 

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III. Report on 33 old coins, forwarded by the Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Gurdaspur, with his No. 727 of the 31st March 1890. 



The Deputy Commissioner states that 25 of these coins were found 

 in May 1888 in Sojanpur Tahsil, Pathankot, buried in a piece of cloth ; 

 and that the other coins were found in Ratawal, in May 1889, buried 

 in a brass pot. 



The coins are all rupees of Moghul mintage, except four which are 

 of Sikh mintage, and one which is of Persian mintage. 



