266 Note on the Indo-Scythic Coins of Beghram. [May, 



influence upon the year, the lunation (or lunar month), and the dif- 

 ferent seasons or periods ; ye possessors of the earth or land (land- 

 proprietors), all the eight kinds of the Nagas (Hydras), &c. Ye power- 

 ful chiefs and attendants, Vi?hnu Rahula, and the menial (instru- 

 mental cause) Vis'hti ; ye goddesses (or nymphs) pi-ling-khraa ts-'ha, 

 &c. ; ye fierce inferior imps, who dwell in (or towards) the cardinal, 

 intermediate, zenith and nadir points (or in the ten corners of the 

 world) ; and especially ye divine imps, &c. who are rulers of those 

 regions, wherein the sun this day is moving ; ye all look on this emhlem 

 (seal, image, or signed writ, &c.) of Hu, the regent or governor, (or 

 set up, or erected by Hu.) Ye divine eight principal imps (Rakshasas), 

 rulers of the world (or keepers of light), I beseech you, that you will 

 make that this patron, the bestower of charitable gifts, for obtaining 

 the fruit of his works and actions, who is very faithful to the doctrine 

 of the Muni (Shakya), may together with his household or family, 

 increase more and more, and abound in life, fortune, (prosperity,) 

 honour, and in all his substance or wealth, like the increasing face of 

 the moon. Om akani ne'kani abhila mandala, mantrye, Svdhd ; Sarva 

 mangalam. 



Tettelia, Dth May, 1836. A. C. Korosi. 



III. — Note on some of the Indo-Scythic Coins found by Mr. C. Masson 



at Beghram, in the Kohistdn of Kabul. By Johannes Avdall, Esq. 



M. A. S. 



[Read at the meeting of the 6th May. ] 



The results of the valuable researches of Mr. C. Masson, Dr. 

 Martin Honigberger, Lieutenant Burnes, the late Dr. Gerard, and 

 Keramat Ali, in the vast field of the numismatology of ancient 

 Bactria and other parts of India, must have excited a deep interest 

 among the antiquaries of Europe. It must also be highly gratifying 

 to the lovers of this important science on this part of the globe, to 

 observe the unabated zeal and assiduity with which these researches 

 are continued by eminent numismatologists, with a degree of success 

 exceeding their most sanguine expectations. 



Of the Indo-Scythic coins, discovered by Mr. C. Masson at 

 Beghram, in Jthe Kohistan of Kabul, and described in the 28th number 

 of the Journal of the Asiatic Society, the one bearing the Greek 

 legend Nanaia, has, it appears, attracted much attention. He is 

 persuaded to think it to be identical with Bibi Nanni, or " the Lady 

 Nanni," a name given by the Muhammedans to the numerous shrines 

 or Zidrdts, as he calls them, found in those regions of Asia. The 



