1835.] on Indo-Scythic and Hindu Coins. 635 



the same, it will be remarked, that was excluded from the conso- 

 nants in the kith alphabet No. 1 . The remaining- letters require no 

 explanation, as a comparison of the type with the engraved figures 

 will shew their slight difference of form. 



The readings of the inscriptions in the present plates are for the most 

 part new, and have been made out, dictionary in hand, by one unac- 

 quainted with Sanscrit : — they therefore claim indulgence, and will suc- 

 cumb to any more plausible interpretation from the professed scholar. 

 To begin with the two coins of the last plate, which appear to be- 

 long to the same sovereign ; — we find on the obverse (combining the 

 two figures), the words ^^lF^^^Fo^l^T^jH Sri? (a) parajita davaja. 

 On the opposite side of a duplicate fig. 17, we find the name £X(A/H: 

 Kuttidra gupta, and on the reverse, to the right, ^T;fX." parukramah. 

 The whole title may be interpreted, (if in davaja we suppose an igno- 

 rant writing of the word dhvajaj " The hero of the unconquered 

 standard, the blessed Kumara-gupta." 



Beneath the left arm of the Raja also are three letters superposed 

 cj in the Tibetan manner, spyu ; which we learn from M. Csoma db 

 Koros to be pronounced chu, and to signify Raja. The same word 

 is prefixed to every prince's name in the list of Assam Rajas. The 

 triliteral compound may, however, denote a date. A duplicate of 

 Colonel Smith's coin, 17, was presented to me by Captain Wade. 

 The Willoughby cabinet possesses another, and Mr. Wilson has 

 given one precisely similar, in which we find the j^^fflA.% Kumdra 

 gu (pta) of the obverse, and the »XJTT2C P ara ^ rama of the reverse 

 very well marked — the first letter however in this, as in our coin, 

 is more like bhu or su than leu. 



In all of these specimens the trident of the Rao coins is changed 

 into a standard, having a bird at the top, somewhat resembling the 

 Roman eagle. 



Figs. 18 and 19, are placed next in succession, because the cornu- 

 copia lady still sits on a couch in the European fashion. The Raja 

 here holds a bow in the left hand, and in the right, a short stick ; for 

 the fire altar below it is now removed. A bracelet on the shoulder, 

 and the headdress, begin to look Indian. The letters on the margin of 

 the obverse are lost, but in the bow, we find -S 1 ^ chndr superposed 

 as before. Marsden reads this combination Chandra, with some 

 plausibility. On the reverse of 18, is the name or title of the prince 

 tfynx^. Sri Vikrama. 



On fig. 19, the name is quite different HVA J^O." dpati rurha, 

 " The averter of misfortune." 



