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Obv. : Mahadevasa Raria Dharaghosasa Odumbarisa (Kha- 

 rosthI). 

 Rev. : Mahadevasa Raria Dharaghosasa Odumbarisa (BrAh- 



mi). 



In the coins of Rudradisa and Slvadasa, the names of 

 the king3, spelt Rudradasa and S'ivadasa, are introduced into 

 the KharosthI and B rah ml legends without any further change. 

 The Brahmi letters belong to the 1st century B.C. when 

 angular forms had taken the place of the more cursive alpha- 

 bet of the inscriptions of ASoka. The letters of the KharosthI 

 legend would also point to the same date. In the legends the 

 use of long vowels such as a, u ai and an seems to have been 

 avoided both in KharosthI and in Brahmi, so we have 

 S'ivadasa for S'ivadasa, Rudradasa for Rudradasa, Odumbarl for 

 Audumbari and even Mahadevasa for Mahadevasa in Brahmi. 

 As the names of these princes are very often incomplete I have 

 illustrated eight coins. 



I. Dharaghosa. 



I. Obv. : Sacred tree within railing, and front part of 

 elephant ; traces of KharosthI legend to left. 



Rev /Trident with banners and traces of temple to left. 

 Brahmi legends: on top, Mahadevasa ra (na), to right, 



(Maha) 



Dharagho {sasa). 



2. Obv. ; Sacred tree. Kharosl 

 (hvosa rana ; to left Dharagho (sasa). 



Rev. : Brahmi legend to left (Dha) raghosasa. 



3. Obv. : Sacred tree within enclosure ; front part of 

 elephant to right. Kh. Jegend ; on top raria, to left Dhara- 

 ghosas(a). 



Rev. : Illegible. 



II. Sivadasa. 



4. Obv. : Kh. legend Odumbari (sa). 



Rev. : Temple and trident, snake below. Brahmi legend to 



right. S'ivadasa 



5. Obv. : Sacred tree within enclosure ; front part of ele- 

 phant to right. Kh. legend to left. Sivadasasa, 



Rev. : Three-storeyed temple and trident. Fragmentary 

 Brahmi legend on top (Maha) devasa. 



III. Rudradasa. 



6. Obv.: Sacred tree and front part of elephant Kh. 

 legend to right Odumba (?isa); on top Mahadevasa rana; to 



left Rudrada (sasa). n _. - f * 



Rev. : Three-storeyed temple and trident Brahmi legend : 



to top. Mahadevasa rana : to right, Budra (dasasa). 



