88 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [March, 1908. 
(c) The name of the issuing chief is expressed intelligibly 
in Brahmi. 
2. Coins of Vasudeva II :— 
(a) Greek legend, though corrupt, is fairly intellgible. 
(b) Initial letters of the names of mints, provinces, and 
Oo) 
mes letters of the names of provinces are omitted, 
n the coins of this prince, only one syllable of 
the name of the issuing chief is given, while on the 
coin of Vasu it is almost fully expressed, 
It may be said quite reasonably that Vasu succeeded ng 
ka 11 in Northern India, and issued this type of coinage. Buti 
is to be noticed that coins of Vasudeva II are found overa Limited 
area, viz., Western Panjab and the Kabul Valley, while all coins 
of Vasu in the Joint Cabinet come from Seistan. At the same 
time it should be noted that in Seistan a Kush&n coinage,' rese 
bling the coins of Vasu, became current immediately after this 
he legitimate iataaon from these facts should be that 
one Vasudeva, 2.¢., Vasudeva II, ruled for a very short period over 
his independence. In oe India the remnant of the Kushan 
empire was divided between two rival Scythian dynasties, the 
Sakas and ch ang a Cites Pakuldhi nor Salada. See infra). 
Eastern Arsacide. When Va4su conquered Seistan from the suc- 
cessors of Gondophores, the mountainous territory around Balkh 
seems to have sheltered the last of the Arsacid kings of the 
East. This is proved by the sayings of the occidental historians. 
When Artaxerxes established the Sassanide empire in 226 A.D., 
there were two minor sopra of the Arsacide, one in Armenia 
and the other in Bactri When Khusru of Armenia deter- 
mined to help the Pattitian Arsacids, “he ene some hopes that 
the Bactrian Arsacids would join him.” Thus it becomes 
quite sure that the successors of sane hores were not quite 
extinguished by the conquest of Vasu. The Arsacide of Bactria 
were bably overpowered by one of the successors of Vasu 
after the close of the first Roman War of Shahpur I (244 A.D.). 
It is said that Bactria which, during the later Parthian aie had 
enjoyed a sort of semi-independence, now succeeded in deta taching 
herself altogether m her southern neighbour and be ing a 
distinct and separate power.* It is not possible that the eastern 


| This coinage cannot be oe igi to the 5th century A.D. 
onog & - — than the Hormuzd I and Ardamitra coinage. (See Pl v. IL. ) 
e gsienine quoted by Rawlinson, Seventh Great Oriental 
sishaceny, P 39, foot 
3 Mozes of C en Hintosy of Armenia II, 69. 
+ stent Seventh Oriental Monarchy, p. 79. 
