166 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1910.] 



extent for the extraordinary dearth of coins of the later rulers 

 of Assam, for the period 1741-1747 SdTca (1819-1825). Only 

 7 coins of this time appear to be known, viz., 5 of Chandrakanta 

 (2 full coins, dated 1741 and 1742 respectively ; and undated £-, 

 J-, and -^-rupees) ; and 2 of Joge6vara (an undated ^-coin in the 

 Shillong cabinet; and a J-Rupee dated 1743 in the possession 

 of Mr. Botham). No specimen of the ooinage of Purandar 



last 



POSTSCRIPT. 



In connexion with the annexed reproduction of theKacharl 

 coin described in the note at the end of Section D of this paper, 

 the Hidimbapura of the inscription probably refers to Silber- 

 band, near Khaspur in the Cachar Plains, where Mr. Gait 

 states that ruins of the palaces of the last three Kachari kings 

 are still to be found (Report, Appendix III, p. 69). Captain 

 Fisher makes the following remarks on the goddess whose name 

 occurs on the reverse of the coin : 



" The worship of irascible female spirits, and the practice 



of the Tantra magic ascribed by the Hindus to the 

 people of Kamrup, are imputations which derive some 

 countenance from the existing worship of Ramehundi 

 [Ranacandl], the Thakoorain of Kachar, who is adored 

 under the symbol of a sword religiously preserved 

 in the Rajbarri, and to the possession of which the 

 most inexpressible importance is attached." 



(Memoir of Sylhet, Kachar, and the adjacent 



Districts: J.A.S.B., 1840, pp. 832 and 

 833). Ranacandl is the War-Goddess 



of Tantric Hinduism. 



