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of the Hindu faith, whereas the emblem and inscription could have 

 proceeded only from an authority strictly Vaishnavi. 



Fig. 22, from the Stacy collection, would appear to be an interlo- 

 per in the Upper Provinces ; since the majority of this type have 

 hitherto been found in Ceylon, some in the palace at Candy, others 

 by Colonel McKenzie at Dipaldinna. They all however belong to the 

 genuine Hindu rajas of that island, judging from the alphabet and 

 the name. 



The rude outline on the obverse, is intended, probably, for a raja 

 holding some mace or warlike weapon in his right hand. On the 

 reverse he is seated in a lounging position, with a view to make room 

 for the inscription on the side. This in the specimen before us is 

 ^ft *T*jr ^"9 *Tlf Sri mayd traya malla. The second word is read by 

 Marsden, in a specimen very like it, ^f daya. And on another coin 

 he finds the name of Vijaya fsTSHI (fl^f ?) well known in the history 

 of Ceylon. Mr. Wilson does not attempt to read the names on his 

 coins, which are badly drawn; but on comparing them, they appear not 

 essentially to differ from Colonel Stacy's. No family of the name of 

 Malla occurs in the Indian genealogies except in Nipal, where, from 

 the 13th century to the Gorkha conquest, the reigning prince almost 

 always bore the affix of Malla. In the honorable Mr. Turnour's 

 catalogue of the Ceylon monarchs, I do not find any such name. 



Figs. 24 and 25, are two more modern copper pieces, selected from 

 many of a similar nature in Colonel Stacy's cabinet, as forming a 

 good land-mark in judging of the antiquity of other Hindu coins. 

 The rude attempts at a human figure in 24, are far inferior to any 

 thing we have yet seen, unless in its companion 25, where we can 

 hardly pronounce them to be other than signs and symbols. The 

 name and date on most of these coins are distinct enough, and in the 

 present type of Ndgari, =#t WW fa^ %V^°> Sri Sangrdma Sinha, 

 1580 (samvat). Sometimes the name is written i$?m, and at others 

 'SJUT, Sangrama and Sangama, variations to be expected in such im- 

 perfect samples of the engraver's art. 



Fig. 27, is of the latter description, having the name Sangama pre- 

 ceded by the letters tr^fJT. The reverse of this coin has the figure 

 of a heart, which is very common on copper money dug up in the 

 Sa°-ur district, of the Muhammedan princes of the Berar provinces. 

 Arabic letters are clearly distinguishable above the heart. 



From the date of these coins, we recognize them as belonging to the 

 celebrated Sangrama Sinh, or Sinka of the Moghul historians, who 

 for a short period successfully resisted the victorious Baeer at Biana. 



