288 Specimens of Indo-Sassanian Coins. [Apriz,, 



28. By this kind king an immense pond was cut near his lNi>RA-like 

 palace. It was in size like the sea; its water was clearer than the autum- 

 nal sky, more purifying than the waters of the Ganges, more deep than 

 the heart of the profound casuist, more cold than the rays of the moon, 

 and more delicious to the taste than nectar. 



29. By this victorious one an open temple was built, and it was the 

 delight of the eyes ; the moon-light of the white lily, the mind ; the splen- 

 did workshop of the celestial artist Vishwakarma, the beautiful fort of 

 those afraid of being seized by heat, and the way of him who covets fame. 



30. Houses with water were on every road, tanks in every city, lamps 

 full and splendid in every temple, sheds for reading the Vedas, &c, in 

 every direction, the ornaments of the brahman cities. Sacrifices too and 

 bridges were conspicuous in all directions. 



31. By him was given with pleasure to the preserving brahmans, for 

 residence, a city of Brahma', one nearly equal of Vrishaspati, and one of 

 Shiva, and one of the venerable Vishnu. There the serpent wickedness 

 was withered by the crackling smoke, the sign of sacrifices commenced. 



32. The famous Sanandaka, the most venerable of brahmans, remained 

 near this palace. This chief of teachers was in appearance like Vishnu, 

 and differed nothing from him. 



33. The poet Udayana, by the king's command, wrote this (eulogy) 

 which resembles a fine woman, always charming in the motions of her 

 handsome feet, with harmonious sounds in her throat, adorned with orna- 

 ments, and coming with pleasure to my resting place. 



34. As long as the moon and its rays, the earth and its supporter, the 

 lotus and Lakshmi, Gangd, and the supporter of Himalaya, the sea and its 

 waves, words and their meaning, abide together in the world, so long the 

 palace and fame of this king will ever shine through the three worlds. 



35. Sachandra-dhabala, the son of Dhavala-dhiva, wrote this ex- 

 cellent inscription on a slab in jewel-like letters over the door of this 

 iNDRA-like king. 



36. The best artist engraved these well arranged words, which resem- 

 ble pearls, on a stone-slab. 



III. — Specimens of Hindu Coins descended from the Parthian type, and 

 of the Ancient Coins of Ceylon. By James Prinsep, Sec. As. Soc. 



Among the coins extracted from the Manikyala tope were two that 

 excited more than ordinary curiosity from their having marginal in- 

 scriptions in Sanscrit characters around a device in all other respects 

 of the Sassanian type. The inscription (which will be found in Plate 

 XXI. of vol. III. also p. 439) baffled all attempts to decypher it. 

 The repetition of the word Sri left little doubt of its language being 



