90 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [{March, 1908. 
corrected it as Pakandhi or Pakaldhi.' In the catalogue of the 
Joint Cabinet Mr. Smith reads te name as Salada,*® thus La 
mating to the correct reading. lates will show that the 
ave dkalided Gadsden (or Gadakhara) coins from this 
class hare they were put by Cunningham and Mr. V. A, mith, 
and have classed them with — Kusana coins for reasons which 
will be stated when I come to describe Kidara Kugana coins, 
The Joint Cabinet possesses all described varieties of the coin- 
age of the Siladas and shows a new variety. The coins of two 
Silada princes have been described by Cunningham :— 
(1) B 
(2) Panne 8 
The name of the new prince is:— 
(3) Bacarna.* 
The coins of the Sakas show larger numbers of varieties than 
those of the Siladas and probably indicate the longer duration of 
their rule than that of the Siladas. The Joint Cabinet possesses 
all varieties of Saka eeabage described by Cunningham with the 
exception of two varieties 
1) Sayatha ( Cunningham’ s No. 5).—Cunningham read the 
legend as Saya or Salya, but it is Sayatha as read by M ¥. aes = 
IM. comer oer No. 3, which is a duplicate coin. The 
name is 
/ (Cunningham’s No. 6). arg rey oer read the 
o. 7, where ie name of the province looks like gaga or gga (for 
ga or Gandhar 
(3) Sita (Ctnngham 8s No, 2).—The Joint Cabinet possesses 
catalog e, but on esau I find Nos. 9 and 10 to be coins of 
another prince. Recently a hoard of coins was discovered near 

| Numismatic Chronicle 1893, p. 123. 
: Smith, I.M. Cat. Vol. I, -89 
3 The Joint Cabinet specimen of this prince’s coin shows the name dis- 
tinetly He — asana and not Basana (Cunningham) or Pasaka (Smith). See 
P). I, No 
. Smith, I. M. Cat, Vol. I, 
5 Nos. 1 and 4 of the aba 1h Numismatic oe 1893. 
6 Numismatic Chronicle 1898, Pl. 1x, No. 6. ee Pt. I, No. 7. 

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