1891.] Br. Hoernle — BemarJcs on Birch Baric MS. 65 



^T^T in line 4 and of ^T^J^ in line 5 of the lower part of Plate VI in the 

 November Proceedings. I have noticed this peculiar form of a only 

 in the that portion of the MS., which is written in the third variety 

 of the alphabet. 



" In the second place a peculiarity of the style of writing of the 

 period of the early Gupta inscriptions is the practice of appending a 

 final consonant, ^. e., a consonant without an inherent vowel, below the 

 line in very small size. In fact this practice is the early substitute of 

 the modern virdma. Thus compare the very last word ftjt^ in the 

 bottom line, and the word ^K^^ just three lines above it, in the upper 

 portion of the plate in the November Proceedings, again ^f^rf^ and 

 ^T^^rr^"?5[ in line 1, ^^^TJ in line 10 of Plate I, No. I, with the word 

 ^«IT^<j in line 11 of the Bilsad pillar inscription of Kumara Grupta, 

 of 415 A. D. (Fleet, p. 44), or rr^??l{ at the end of line 11 of the 

 Kahaum stone pillar inscription of Skanda Gupta, of 460 A. D. (ibid., 

 p. 67), or ^JI^ at the end of line 9 of the Indore copperplate of Skanda 

 Gupta, of 465 A. D. (ibid., p. 70), or *T^^ in line 6 of the Gwaliyor 

 inscription of Mihirakula, of about 515 A. D. (ibid., p. 162), or f%^W 

 in line 1, ^T«^TT«r in 1. 13, ^??%qT<J in 1. 17 of the Mandasor inscription of 

 Yasodharman, of 533 A. D. (ibid., p. 152), or 3i^ inline 1 of the Jaunpur 

 inscription of Tsvaravarman, of about 520 A. D. (ibid., p. 229). This 

 practice of spelling I have observed throughout every part of the manu- 

 script." 



[PS. A fuller account of the MS., and specially of the reasons of 

 dating it so early, I hope shortly to publish.] 



The Philological Secretary exhibited 5 Indo-Sassanian and 4 

 Mughal coins presented to the Society by the Government of Bombay 

 through the Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. 



The Philological Secretary read the following report on a find 

 of Treasure Trove Coins. 



Report on four old coins, forwarded by the Secretary to the 

 Government, N.-W. Provinces and Oudh, Financial Department, with his 



No. ^, dated 3rd June, 1890. 



These four coins are stated to form a part of the find which is re- 

 ferred to in my Report of the 9th May 1890. 



Three of them belong to precisely the same variety as the four 

 coins, described in that Report. Nor are they in any better state of 

 preservation ; and afford no further help in determining the name of 

 the king, who issued them. I may remark, however, that the name 



