464 Application of the Sanchi alphabet [June;, 



Other coins depicted in former plates may, in a similar manner, be 

 read by the new alphabet. 



The small bronze coins of Behat (fig 1 . 5, PI. XVIII. vol. III. and 

 fig. 16 of PL XXXIV. vol. IV.) have the distinct legend & \j. f £ fo 

 in the square form of the same alphabet. The application of the word 

 mahdrdjasa in the genitive, with no trace of a name, might almost 

 incline us to suppose that the title itself was here used as a name, and 

 that it designated the Mahraje, king of Awadh, of the Persian histo- 

 rians, who stands at the head of the third lunar dynasty of Indra- 

 prestha in the Raj avail ! 



The only other coin of the group which contains the same title is 

 the silver decayed Behat coin, seen more perfect in General Ventura's 

 specimen, (fig. 16 of PI. XXXIV. vol. IV.) where may be read indis- 

 tinctly H8L)fGArb8Lrl £ ~t-L I lit Amapasdtasa mahdrdja. . 



kunarasa. 



On the bronze Behat coin (figs. 11, 12, of PL XVIII. vol. III. 

 and 3, 6, 9, of PL XXXIV. vol. IV.) though we have ten examples 

 to compare, the context is not much improved by the acquisition of 

 our new key : the letters are Qrl»D_L~l"_LJbD JL oasa dhana kanaya 

 dhaya ; (the second letter is more like ^ bhu.) 



Col. Stacy's supposed Greek legends (figs. 2 and 3, of PL XXV. 

 vol. III.) may be read (as I anticipated vol. III. p. 433) invertedly, 

 JL AD 6 1 A Ya 9 d bijana puta (sa ?) 



The larger copper coin, having a standing figure holding a trident 

 (fig. 4, PL XXV. vol. III.) has very distinctly the name of r/ /\ <{, ^ d 

 .... Bhagavata cha (or saj. A raja of the name of Bhagavata appears 

 in the Magadha list, about the year 80 B. C. 



On some of the circular copper coins we have fragments of a legend 

 ri"8 [>•■•■ i A Urb Bhamada.. . . vatapasa, quasi Bhimadeva tdpasya — 

 but the last word is the only one that can be confided in. 



On a similar coin, of which Colonel Stacy has a dozen specimens 

 (No. 47, PL XXXV. vol. IV.) the name of f y |j ^ fa Rdmadatasa 

 * of Ramadatta,' is bounded by the lizard emblem of Behat. 



These are the only two in the precise form of the lat character— the 

 other are more or less modified. 



Another distinct group (that made known first by Mr. Spiers) from 

 Allahabad, (PL XXVI. figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, vol. III. page 448) can 

 be partially deciphered by the lat alphabet. Capt. Cunningham has 

 a fine specimen with the letters | £ D _L r 1 (!) rb R<*J a Dhana devasya — 



