636 Continuation of Observations [Nov. 



The first and last letters of this name or title are doubtful, and on 

 mv first examination of the coin whence the drawing was made, I 

 thought the first two letters might form the bli of Wathen's Gvjerdti 

 alphabet, making the word bhupati rurhu, ' the overthrower of kings.' 

 I have named the last letter from its resemblance to the <? of the 

 Nagari alphabet. These two coins were dug up at Juanpur by Mr. 

 Tricgear, whose description will be found in vol. iii. p. 617. 



Figs. 20 and 22, are of the kind described by Marsden. The 

 goddess of plenty here sits in the native fashion on an ornamental 

 stool, or a lotus flower. The cornucopia also is transformed into 

 a large flower at the end of a stalk. The Rdju still holds the bow, 

 but he has a sash in fig. 20. The letters on the area are new, but 

 hardly legible ; and only on the reverse of fig. 22, can we attempt 

 to decypher i^ a portion perhaps of the former name, Vikrama. 

 Fi°\ 20, was given to me by a lady ; fig. 22, by Mr. Cra croft. 



Fi°\ 21, is a thin one-sided coin found by Lieut. Conolly, in the 

 ruins of Kanouj ; the letter beneath the left arm is here -J or kra : 

 its meaning doubtful. 



The next two coins were assorted together in the plate, because 

 they had both two figures on the obverse; they are, however, essen- 

 tially of different periods ; and, if our former reasoning be correct, fig. 

 23, (of Lieut. Conolly's collection,) should be classed before the 

 last two, or even earlier than any of the set ; for it is difficult to form 

 any Sanscrit name out of the characters on either side. Lieutenant 

 Cunningham has kindly favored me with an impression of a similar 

 coin in his possession, by which the legend of the obverse appears to 

 be composed of the letters JTOT^T^ kragipta paragu (pta). 



In the obverse of the coin before us the same letters may be traced ; 

 but after the f\) follows a F making the word kragipta paragvja, a 

 strange and unintelligible compound. On the reverse, the first three 

 or four letters agree with the above ; but the final is rather a *G pha, 

 and the one preceding it is closed at the top, making it ZJ va. These 

 may be faults of execution in a foreign artist, but they place the 

 interpretation beyond conjecture. 



Fi"-. 24, presented to me by Mr. G. Bacon, as discovered (or rather 

 purchased) at Kanouj, has already found a place in Prof. Wilson's 

 plates. The dress of the male and female on the obverse is com- 

 pletely Hindu, as is the attitude of the reverse. The legend was 



given in facsimile in the Researches thus : H*!L^ t\I |4 • an d may 



c\ 



be read, with allowance for imperfections, ^9-5.f tyH Sri Chandra gvpta. 

 Fig. 25. We now come to an old acquaintance, the happy discovery 



