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king. Of these the last four, especially the 8th and the 9th 

 which read ndra and Ku, 1 may be read with some certainty as 

 ndrakumara(h) . This suggests the reading of the two preced- 

 ing letters as make ; thus giving the full name of the king, viz. 

 mahendrakumara. The first letter on this side seems to read &a 

 and the second perhaps stands for tru. If these two symbols 

 really read 6atru, the next word cannot but be one which means 

 destroyer or the like. The adjective like nishudi or niltantr can 

 well fit in : this tentative reading giving us one half of a verse 

 in the Vegavati metre. 



Rev. — Kartikeya riding his peacock facing to front holding 

 spear in left hand over shoulder, with right hand probably 

 sprinkling incense on altar ; the peacock stands on a kind of 

 platform ; border of dots. 



Legend to right reads — 



Mahendrakumara (h). 



This piece exhibits two novelties on account of which the 

 coin may claim to be unique. One is the reduplication of the 

 symbol for gu in the epithet gunaraMh in accordance with Paci- 

 ni's aphorism Wft^TWt i" 2 and the other is the position of 

 the legs of the king which is different from that seen on all the 

 coins of this type of Kumaragupta I which have been so far 



brought to light 



Lion-slayer type. 

 New Variety. 



Obv —King holding goad or ankusa in right hand is seated 

 on elephant which advances right and tramples a lion under his 

 left foot ; behind him is seated an attendant holding achhatra 

 over him. Several indistinct letters are to be seen on the mar- 

 gin. Of these six or seven appear to be more or less complete. 

 Beginning from above the head of the elephant I would read 

 ksha(kshi) ta (ti) sa (6m) ra knka. 



flew.— Goddess nimbate, wearing long robes standing left, 

 holding lotus ? with stalk in left hand which rests on the waist, 

 the right hand is extended upwards as if feeding the peacock 

 who stands to the right with beak touching the hand. Border 



of dots. No svmbol. , . . . , , * .. , 



Legend commencing from above the right hand of the god- 



dess reads 



Sinhanihanla mahendra(dityah) . 



Altogether I find traces of ten symbols, three on the right 

 and seven on the left side of the goddess. Of these eight are 



kurnara. 



' A specimen, No. 255, noticed by Mr. Allen also gives symbols for 



2 Panini viii. 4-46. 



