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column showing the commencement of each Mauludl year is 

 taken from p. xcv of the Indian Calendar, by Sewell and 

 Balakrishna Dikshit (1896). 



Haidar 'All died on 7th December, 1782 (1st Muharram, 

 1197 *a.h.). Tipu Sultan died on 4th May, 1799 (28th Dhu 1- 

 qa'da, 1213 A.H., or 29th Ahmadi, 1^27 a.m.). 



In conclusion, I desire to thank the Hon'ble Diwan Bahadur 

 Swamikannu Pillai for the assistance which he so generously 

 rendered in clearing up the question of dates and thus enabling 

 me to state that the year 1 21 o a.m. of Tipu Sultan commenced 



inl787A - D - J.K.Henderson, 



SupdL, Madras Government Museum. 



137. The Legend of Samudragupta's A6vamedha Coin 



Type. 



The legend of Samudragupta's ASvamedha coin type has 

 survived only in fragments. In the Catalogue of Gupta Coins 

 in the British Museum I was unable to illustrate coins giving 

 the complete legend. The portion there given from the coins 

 illustrated 



Rajddhiraja (h) prthivim vijitya (or vimavitvd) Divamjayaty 



is sufficient to show that the legend is an Upajati couplet. 

 On PI. V. 10, two aksaras follow the tya of which the second 

 is certainly t ; thinking of expressions like apraiiratha and 

 aprativaryavirva , etc., 1 read the fir^t of these two charac- 

 ters as pra and suggested the latter epithet to complete the 

 couplet. Dr. Venis has recently examined the coin and pointed 

 out to me that the first aksara is really hr (with Eastern h as 

 on PI. V, 1-7). Having established this reading he suggested 

 vocalising the following consonants v-j-m on the Ballia coin, a 

 cast of which I owe to Mr. W. E. M. Campbell, I.C.S., as 

 vajime We still require a syllable to complete an Upendravara 

 line. Dr. Venis calls my attention to Thomas's statement in 

 Records, p. 22, that the restored _ legend of the ASvamedha 

 type is navamajamadhah rajadhirdjah prthivim jayatya. The 

 misreading na for ta is readily explained and there is no 

 reason to doubt that Thomas saw a coin, unfortunately not 

 illustrated anywhere, which ended t-v-m dh. This supplies the 

 missing dh, and we need have no hesitation in agreeing with 

 Dr. Venis that the epithet is ahrtavajimedhah, to be translated 

 as a Bahuwhi, " he who has restored the horse-sacrifice." 

 Although not as common as aivamedha its synonym vajimedha 

 is well established ; it is hardly necessary to recall the cirot- 

 sannasvamedhdhartr , "the restorer of the ASvamedha long in 

 abeyance/' of Samudragupta's Allahabad inscription, and it is 

 aiornifinanf tViof. fVio a*™* rnrkt, tuhr is used in both cases. It 



