1834.] in the mins of Behat near Sekdranpiir. 229 



entitled the Kadphises series, in compliance with the successful re- 

 searches of Mr. Masson published in our last number ; the Kanerkos 

 series, also occurs as commonly among the coins transmitted by 

 Capt. Cautley, and as we know that these two coins bear Greek 

 inscriptions, and that their epoch cannot consequently be much 

 posterior to the Bactrian dynasties, we may presume that all the 

 descriptions of coins having the chaitya or £ symbol, being proved 

 to be contemporaneous with these, must belong to the first centuries 

 of the Christian era, and consequently the destruction of the ancient 

 city may be ascribed with tolerable certainty to the same early period. 

 The circumstance of so much money being discovered in one place 

 would seem to denote that the catastrophe which destroyed the place 

 was sudden, but the destruction is as likely to have been effected by 

 the ravages of war, as by any convulsion of nature ; and, when once 

 depopulated, the place might easily have been buried under the gra- 

 dual deposit of silt washed down by the hill streams, as described by 

 Capt. Cautley. 



Figs. 11 and 12. These coins are connected with the above by the 

 tree symbol, by their being stamped only on one side, and by their 

 being of white bronze ; but in them the animal is decidedly the brah- 

 many bull, and the inscription is in a different character. 

 Figs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, are introduced to give an idea of 

 the other curiosities from Behat. 



The first is a black and white enameled bead ; 14, an ornament of the 

 headdress of some image ; 15, a ring probably worn while performing 

 certain religious ceremonies ; 1 6, appears to be a weight moulded in 

 the shape of a frog, as is the custom in Ava, and in many parts of India: 

 it weighs 360 grains, (precisely two tolas,) or six Grecian drachma, and 

 is not corroded. Fig. 17 is the metal handle of some vessel : it is bro- 

 ken in half. Fig. 18, are the selais for applying surma to the eyes, 

 spoken of by Capt. Cautley, as so numerous : in the present day they 

 are generally made of zinc. Besides these articles, our nourishing little 

 museum contains plain rings, arrow-heads, hooks, and rolls of lead, con- 

 verted into semi-crystalline hydrated oxide by exposure to the moisture 

 under ground*. Most of the copper coins likewise are in a very imper- 

 fect state, the pure metal not resisting corrosion nearly so well as bronze. 

 Hindu Coins from the ruins of Kanouj. 

 To confirm the assertion made above of the connection of several 

 other series with the Behat coinage, I have introduced at the foot of the 



* See note on a similar change produced in zinc plates, vol. ii. p. 437. The lead 

 is partially converted into minium and partly into protoxide. In some rolls the 

 interior is still metallic. 



