1S82.] Coins fo7md at ToomluJc. 113 



Ohv. Elephant, standing over toran and svastiJca, and fronting clie- 

 tiya. 



Mev. Bodhi tree ; cross ; clietiya and triratna. 



Among these, there are some which differ in the relative position of 

 the sj^mbols with regard to the two sides. 



Ohv Elephant, over Buddhist rails, fronting Buddhist toran ; over 

 him svastika and clietiya. 



Rev. Var'ous Buddhist symbols : hodlii tree, svastiha, clietiya. 



Or: Ohv. Elephant, fronting Buddhist toran (above) and svastika 

 (below) ; over him cross. 



Rev. hodlii tree, Chetiya, triratna, toran. 



These coins were not struck, but cast, as shown by their shape, which 

 still shows marks of the mould. 



There are also five early Hindu punch-marked coins ; but the marks 

 are indistinguishable ; one is square ; the others round. See the specimens 

 in Indian Antiquities, Vol. I, Plate XX. 



Lastly there is one copper Indo-Scyiliian Kanerhi, like those figured 

 and described in Indian Antiquities, Vol. V, PI. VI, 30, PI. XXI. 



Ohv. Standing figure of king Kanerhi ; just distinguishable. 



Rev, Indistinguishable. 



There is also one brass Chinese coin of the Manchu Tartars. See 

 Marsden's Numismata Orientalia, p. 829, No. MCCCXLX ; and Plate LVI, 

 Nos. MCCXCIX and MCCCXIX. 



Dr. Hoernle read the following letter from General Cunningham re- 

 garding the gold Gupta coin : 



" I have compared your coin of Kumara Gupta with three specimens 

 in my possession, and I make out the following : 

 ? hhupati rdjati Vijaya Kumara Giipta^ 

 the^^ being tp. On the reverse the legsnd is simply 



Ajita Maliendra. 



" We have Horseman coins of Chandra Gupta with the reverse title of 

 Ajita Vihrama. Now we know that Chandra Gupta bore the title of Sri 

 Vikrama. I infer therefore that, as Kumara Gupta certainly bore the 

 title of Mahendra (see his silver coins S'ri Kumara Gupta Mahendrasya), 

 the gold coins with the title of Ajita Mahendra must certainly belong to 

 him. The present gold coins with the Horseman obverse, and the goddess 

 Kumara Devi on the reverse, confirm this attribution as they give the 

 name of Kumara Gupta under the horse quite distinctly." 



" The gold coins of the Guptas require to be carefully re-examined. I 

 have several unpublished specimens some of which certainly belong to the 

 later Gupta dynasty, which ruled from about 500 to 750 A. D. I return 

 the coin of Kumara Gupta enclosed." 



