1S75.J Bajendralala Mitra — On a Coin of Kunanda from Kamal. 89 



I know not what it was in the Ariano-Pali, but, seeing that one of a doubled 

 consonant is frequently elided in modern vernaculars, I am disposed to 

 think that such was also the case in ancient times in the Ariano-Pali. If this 

 be admissible, the amoglm-bhati of the coin may be accepted to mean " he 

 of unflinching faith". Such an epithet for a person who has been careful 

 enough to delineate half-a-dozen different symbols of his religion on his 

 coins, would by no means be inappropriate or questionable, and I have no 

 hesitation in adopting it as the right one. We have here only an ancient ver- 

 sion of the " Ghaziuddin" of the Pathan coins of India, and the " Defender of 

 the Faith" of the modern English currency. 



According to these remarks the legend and its translation would stand 

 thus — 



Legend — Rdjnah Kunandasa amogha-Hhatisa mahdrdjasa. 



Translation — Of the great king, king Kunanda, of unflinching faith, 



Mr. Thomas identifies the sovereign named in the coin with the Xan- 

 drames of the Greek writers and the Nandas of the Puranas, and this would 

 carry the age of the coin to some years before 317 B. C, when Chandragup- 

 ta wrested the sovereignty of Magadha from the Nandas. There are several 

 weak links in the chain of reasoning by which Mr. Thomas establishes this 

 identity, but on the whole it is very plausible, and I am not in a position 

 now to suggest anything better. 



P. S. Since writing the above I have learnt that in the Pards'ara 

 Sanlnta, Kiminda is used as the name of a tribe, and Kauninda that of its 

 country. 



