148 Tl. L. Mitra — On Qovnrdiija and Gonika'putra. [Nov., 



the same subject of a Persian soldier or chief putting to death prisoners 

 who, General Cunningham thinks, must be Indians from their dress. If 

 this identification of the dress be correct, then the gold cylinder must be 

 as old as the time of Darius Hjstaspes, who was the only Persian king 

 who had been engaged in war with the Indians. 



The second gold object is a circular disc four inches and three quarters 

 in diameter and has a border one quarter inch in diameter, ornamented 

 with the conventional Greek representation of water. In the middle in 

 very bold relief is represented a man riding a Sea Lion, or Lion with a 

 Fish's tail. There are no holes or loops of any kind on the back to suggest 

 what may have been the possible use of this large plaque. It might per- 

 haps have formed the breast ornament of a king's or noble's dress, such 

 as is seen on an Assyrian royal robe in the sculptures of Nimrud. But 

 there are no holes round the edge by which it could have been sewn on. 



The third gold ornament is an Antelope — represented in the act of 

 leaping, with its forelegs doubled up, and its hindlegs outstretched. The 

 hiiidlegs rest upon an upright flat tablet one inch and a half in height 

 and one inch broad with a highly ornamented border on each face. There 

 is an oblong hole under the stomach, half an inch by one quarter, which 

 looks as if it had been intended for the insertion of some slight staff or 

 handle. In this case it might have been carried in the hand as the symbol 

 of some order, just as the Fish (or Mdhi Mardtih) is carried at the pre- 

 sent day. 



General Cunningham has met a man at Simla who has several times 

 visited the spot where these Oxus relics were found. The place is one 

 stage to the north of the Oxus, and is called Kawadian, a large ancient 

 town on the high road to Samarkand. The guess that General Cunning- 

 ham made in his first paper on these relics that the find-spot was the old 

 town of Kobadian of the Arab Geographers turns out to be correct. 

 General Cunningham has heard also that the owner of the land has now 

 sold the right of exploration to a single speculator. 



This paper will be published in full with plates in the Journal, Part I. 



4. On Gonardiya and Gonilcaputra as names of Patanjali. — By Db. 



Rajendkalaha Mitra, C. I. E. 



(Abstract.) 



Quoting two passages from the Mahabhashya, Professor Goldstiicker, 



in his essay on Panini, shows that Patanjali was the son of one Gonika, 



and that his native country was Gonarda. The passages merely cite the 



opinions of authors of the names of Gonardiya and Gonikaputra, without 



saying who they were ; but Kaiyata, Hemachandra, Bhattoji Dikshita and 



Nagoji Bhatta take Gonardiya to be the same as Patanjali, and the last 



accepts Goriikaputra to imply the same individual. Dr. Mitra controverts 



