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H. F. Blanford as Vice-President in the place of Mr. H. J. Eeynolds, and 

 Mr. A. W. Croft as Member of Council in place of Mr. H. F. Blanford. 

 The elections were confirmed by the meeting. 



Dr. a. F. E. Hoernle exhibited three Gupta Coins found near 

 Mahanad, received from the Rev. K. S. Macdonald, and described them as 

 follows ; 



I. Kumar a Gupta, 



Much like that described in Indian Antiquities, p. 384, class E,b. Ob- 

 verse : standing figure of king ; legend : S'ri Mahdrdjddhirdja sri Kumd- 

 ra Gupta ; under the arm : Ku. Reverse : Seated female figure on lotus ; 

 legend, almost illegible : Sn Mahendra. 



II. SJcanda Gupta. 



Somewhat like that described in Indian Antiquities, p. 386, class E, b. 

 Ohverse : standing figure of king ; legend, under the arm, skanda ; marginal 

 legend worn away. Reverse : female figure seated on lotus ; legend, scarcely 

 legible : S'rt Skanda Gupta {>'). The legend under the arm might be Chan- 

 dra; in which case the coin would be one of Chandra Gupta II. 



III. Unknown. 



In general appearance it much resembles the Gupta coins. Obverse : 

 Walking elephant, mounted by two persons, viz., king on the neck, carrying 

 ankus ; behind him, on the back of the elephant, an attendant holding a state 

 umbrella over the king, with long pennant attached to umbrella. Around the 

 whole margin a long inscription in Gupta characters, most of which are 

 half worn away. Reverse : Nude, bejewelled female figure standing to 

 front, on a lotus, with halo round the head, right forearm upturned, holding 

 some indistinguishable object, left hand placed on hip and holding appa- 

 rently a lotus or cornucopia ; round her shoulders and dependant on both 

 sides a long scarf ; by side of right foot of female figure, the conventional 

 sign of a chetiya^ placed on edge, i. <?., with its base parallel to the leg of 

 the figure ; on left of figure, something resembling a conch-shell (or per- 

 haps a bodhi'ixQo). A circle of dots round the margin. To left of figure a 

 short, partly illegible, inscription in Gupta characters ; only ja or perhaps 

 raja can be read. The outline of the female figure differs somewhat from 

 that on the ordinary Gupta coins ; it is shorter and stouter and resembles 

 the corresponding figures on the later Indo-Scythian coins. Impressions 



