
13, Notes on Indo-Scy aian Coinage (with two plates). 
By Rakuat Das Banerdi. 
e following notes were drawn up while arranging the 
Joint Cabinet of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and oe Indian 
Museum, according to the new catalogue by Mr. V. A. Smith. 
Barty Great Kuspan. 
Kadphises I. 
Mr. Smith remarks that on the reverse of coin No. 3 of this 
prince “he can read only ga; the other characters seem to 
I read the legend from a cast and with the help of a mirror as 
follows :— 
: . Yayugasa la kuju dhrama ... . 
The complete legend on the coins of Kadphises I is :— 
“ Kujula Kasasa Kusana Yavugasa Dhramathidasa. ” 
The absence of the second part of the name, viz., Kasasa or 
any of its variants, such as Kadphisasa, Kaiisa, etc., is a peculi- 
arity. For this reason I am inclined to call it an ancient forgery, 
(PL. IVa 33 
Later Grear KusuHay. 
Up to the present a8 noting particular is known about the 
successors of Vasudeva BAZOAHO with the exception of 
the fact that the seonieatte: of their coins ‘ioe the name of Vasu- 
deva and that irregular Brahmi syllables occur on them. The late 
Sir Alexander Cunningham was a pioneer in this field, vate Hs 
immediate successors. It appears that three successo u- 
deva assumed a — (PAONA ise or Sahanusahi 
for Persian #4 .,#l%). Their names are Kaniska Vasudeva, and 
Vasu (KANHPKO,. BAZOAHO and rey: I think there will 


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