1890.] V. A. Smitli— (7w»s of the Pdla Bevas. 207 



Diirga or Parvati on the obvei'se,* and, on the reverse, the king's name 

 iu three Hues of niediieval Nagari eliaracters. The copper coins bear 

 on the obverse, a two-armed male iagure, whicli appears to be that of 

 the monkej-god Hauuman, and, on the reverse, the king's name iu 

 Nagari characters." 



Since this extract was written. Sir A. Cunningham has more fully 

 described and illustrated the Cliandel coinage in Volume X of the 

 Archfeological Survey Reports, pages 25 — 27, Plate X. 



He there shows that the Cliaudel coius, though extremely rare, are 

 known to occur in gold, silver, and copper. The silver coinage is known 

 by only one specimen. " The gold and silver coins are direct copies 

 of the money of Ganggeya Deva, the Kulachuri Raja, of Chedi, who was 

 a contemporary of ]\[ahmud of Ghazni. On the obverse is a figure of 

 the four-armed goddess Dtirga, which was the cognizance of the Hai- 

 haya, or Kulachuri, princes of Ohedi, and is accordingly found upon 



their seals In their copper issue the Chandel kings departed 



from the original type of Darga, and substituted the figure of Hanu- 

 man." 



It requires no argument to show that the coins thus described 

 have absolutely nothing in common with the Bull and Horseman series, 

 but, clear though the distinction is, I may as well specify the leading 

 points of difference. The Chandel coins are exceedingly rare, less than 

 forty specimens in all metals being know^n. Some of these belonged to 

 Mr. Fi'eeling, and, if not lost in the mutiny, as many of his coins were, 

 may possibly be now in the Bodleian. Colonel Ellis' five specimens were 

 lost in the mutiny. I possess three, one of which I bought in the 

 HamirjDur District ; the other two were presented to me by Sir A. 

 Cunningham. The British Museum has seven, and Sir A. Cunningham 

 the rest. On the other hand the Madana Pala and Sallakshana Pala 

 coius occur in considerable quantities. 



The metal differs, for the Bull and Horseman series are composed 

 of billon, a mixture of silver and copper in varying proportions. The 

 Chandel coins are of good gold, silver, or copper. The tyjies and 

 legends differ in every respect, as shown above, and as any one can 

 see by comparing plates of the two series of coins. So far as Mr. 

 Thomas had any reason for his assignment of the Sallakshaiia Pala and 



* It is a iiity that the terms obverse and reverse are not used more carefully. 

 Here Sir A. Cnnningham inverts the terms in a very awkward way. The king's 

 name on the Chandel coins takes the jolace of the king's effigy on a Bactrian, ludo- 

 Scythian, or Gnpta coin, and the side bearing it is the obverse. The figure of 

 Durga or Hanumau corresponds to the goddess on the reverse of eai'lier types of 

 coinage, and the side bearing it is, and should be called, the reverse. 



