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1923.] Numismatic Supplement No. XX XVII, N. 45 
List of Coins. 
1) Obverse— Malaya Reverse —Obscure markings in the 
shape of irregular dots. 1 cannot find this in either Rodgers’ ! 
or Vincent Smith’s Catalogue. If the theory put forward above 
is correct. This should be one of the earlier coins. I[t is 
ape and of coarser w orkmanship than many of the coins. 
(2) Obverse.—Mala in clear letters written twice 1 
top “ed left to right, below from right to left. Inscription 
comple 
] aa mentioned this coin above. I iseeanttlet it one of 
the older types. _[t too like No. | is rather thicker than the 
majority of the coins for its size. Mala may be the name of 
some king named after the original founder of the tribe. 
Malaya i is probably a derivative from “‘ mala’’ meaning simply 
“the tribe of Mala 
(3) Obverse. — Mala in the centre of the coin; very faint. 
Probably che complete inscription. Reverse.—Defaced. This 
is probably a kindrcd coin to No. 2, but a later issue. 
(4) yale on obverse. Reverse.—Obscure. This is pro- 
baby the same coin as No. 12455 in Rodgers’ Catalogue 
and No. 99 in Vincent Smith’s Catalogue. Possibly Vincent 
Smith is mistaken in reading a ‘ya’ endwise, and this mark 
is only a pathy in the coin. 
(5) Obverse.— Yama on left and tree in railing on right. 
Reverse. oats . This coin seems to be connected with 
No. 69 in Vincent Smith’s Catalogue, where Yama and a 
tree in a railing are found on the obverse. But it is differ- 
ently. arran ed. 
: VA) Obverse.— (Ma) ?~Gaja. feu —Elephant oe 
right. This is probably the same Nos. 82 and 83 
Vincent Smith’s book. Gaja is Sanskrit for an slophant 
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be an abbreviation for ‘Maha’ meaning ‘ great’ or it may be 
the mysterious name ‘Ma’ applied to the three gods of the 
Trimurti. Magaja would then mean ‘elephant of Siva” or 
‘elephant of Vishnu,” etc. 
left. Similar to Nos. 49 to 58 in Vincent Smith’s Catalogue 
and 12411 in Rodgers’ Catalogue. But I can find no exact 
parallel, 
(7) Obverse.—Malava only, in bold characters set in an 
incuse circle. Reverse—Humped bull facing left in standing 
Position. I can find no pavallel to this coin in either oe rs 
OJ: Ralees Catalogue of the Coins of the Indian Museum, Part 
ill, Caleutta, 1895, Dp. 

