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and correcting the possessive termination, the legend will be in modern 

 character, 



Rajna kritrimasya Rudra Sahasya, Siv&mi Janadama-putrasya. 



in English, ' (coin) of the elected king Rudra Sah, son of Swami J ana- 

 dama.' The letter beginning the word Swdmi in the majority of Mr. 

 Steuart's figures, is an ^, in lieu of a ^. In one of his, and in mine 

 (or rather Captain Prescott's coin), the orthography is correct. 

 There may be a little doubt about the n in Janadama, which is rather 

 indistinct, but I think the dot at the foot of the line decisive. 



Legend, No. 2. Of this there are likewise four coins engraved. We 

 have none in Calcutta. The words run : 



Rajna kritrimasya Agadamna, rajna kritrimasya Rudra Sah putrasya. 

 'Of the elected king Agadama, son of the elected king Rudra Sa'h.' 



The simple title, raja, of the father makes it probable that he is the 

 preceding prince, whose son therefore succeeded him under the same 

 system of election. 



Legend, No. 3. Two coins in the Steuart collection : 



Tm? 3tfa*TO ^^ : *T3^T 3»f%*?^J ^fWT^J 5^J 

 Rajneh kritrimasya Vira damneh, rajna mahd kritrimasya Dama Sahasya putrasya. 



' Of the elected king Vi'radama, son of the great elected king 

 Dama Sa'h.' 



In these examples we have the correct orthography of the genitives 

 with one superfluous ^j attached to the penultimate Sdha, — which 

 being connected with the word putrasya did not grammatically 

 require the affix. Dama Sa'h, the father, is most probably a different 

 person from the Agadama of the last coin. His title is more impor- 

 tant, though that of his son again falls to the former level. We have 

 as yet no coins of Dama Sa'h himself, though by this happy in- 

 sertion of the ' fathers' we obtain two names with each specimen. 



Legend, No. 4. Four coins in Steuart's plates — none in Calcutta : 

 KIT! *T^T?ff5W^J ^^P^I *T^: Sffatf^j fk^JT %m$ 



' Of the great elected king Rudra Sa'h, son of the elected king 

 Vi'radama.' 



Nothing invites remark in the orthography of this legend but the 

 insertion of the visarga in one place and its omission in another. 

 Rudra Sah is a direct descendant of the last raja. 



Legend, No. 5. Two coins in the Steuart list — two in my 

 cabinet, one in Captain Cunningham's ; 

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