Journ., As. Soc., Beng., Vol. VI 



AHOM CHAKAOTEES. 



Plate XX V 



(Consonants. 



Vowels. 



Forms of Syllables found on the Ahom 

 Coins in the British Museum 



Cabinet. 



No. 



VIII 



xri 



XIII 



XIV 



XV 



XVI 



X VI I 



XVIII 



XIX 



XX 



x x r 



XXII 



XXII 



Hha meter. 



o.O 



V.O 



Sound . 



kba 



hi (nga) 



ja, fia 



na 



11 a 



• 



wa 



in a, (final 



\ 



Character. 





uf 



Sound, 



i (sometimes <? 

 as in " met ' 



e (as in "met") 



o (as in "off") 

 6 (as in "moon") 



ao 



e-u 



1-U 



& (as in "all") 



oi (as in "boil") 



Sdtkdr, or mark 

 of final conso- 

 nant = Bengali 



hasanta 



and 



Sanskrit virdma.l 

 It is omitted in 



coins of 

 Pramatta and 



Rajesvara.] 



Character. 



Sound 



hJn 



H^; 





lak : pat : 

 sail : kap : 



kat; ehati 



ta ; rfc. 





pill : 



chin ; leii ; 





non. 



111; in : 



pi; sina. 

 huh; hum ; 



khun ; 



khut. 



H&, HP. 



rem. 



us : tu : 



K>o i /-nd T ho 



Uhxri. 



elm : 



• • • 



mun : 



k(l)eh; ]>(l)ek. 



- rai . 



chao; ka<>. 



he-uj ko-u 



dan;ph(r)ah. 



>- a 



fiat. 



boi. 



r carrying the other vowels when 



they are initial" (Grierson). The inherent vowel sound in Ahom being a, vowels have only to be 

 indicated when a consonant has a different vowel sound than a. (6) In combination the prefix of this 



vowel is omitted. 



as in "lend", 



suffi 

 Only found in open syllables, (e) 



omitted. 



vowel sometimes stands for 



Buranji 



\HOM MUHUR 



RAJESVARA SIMHA (SUREMPHA). 



(Cabinet op the British Museum — unique) 



Obveksi 



Reverse. 



Chao, the God. *u, tiger. 



rnn, border. 



pin. became, 



lakni, year. 



phd, heaven 

 khun, King. 



Raislnd. 



(1) Kao, I, 

 2) phd, heaven, 



hoi. prayer, 



Leiidd 



.*■ f 



Uj he-u, offer. chiL name. 





" The God, Siirempha (the tiger 



from the border of heaven), became 

 King in the year Raisiha" (43rd 

 of the 20th taosthd, or cycle of 

 60 years counting from 568 A.I). 

 1751 A.D.). 



#* 





" I offer prayer in the name 

 of the heavenly Lehdfin " (i.e.. 

 Indra). 



H E. S. ft O. 0. B. fee., 21gt Juno 1909, 



