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Ancient Indian Weights. 



[No. 2, 



general devices, and identified with the apparently cognate mintages 

 of similar time and locality, there appear other symbolical figures 

 which no predilection or prejudice can claim as exclusively Buddhist ; 

 indeed, whatever hostility and eventual persecution may ultimately 

 have arisen between the leading creeds of India, it is clear that at this 

 period, and for long after, the indigenous populations lived harmoni- 

 ously together;* like all things Indian, old notions and pre-existing 

 customs retained too strong a hold upon the masses to be easily re- 

 volutionised ; and if at times a proselyting Buddhist or able and am- 

 bitious Brahman came to the front, and achieved even more than pro- 

 vincial renown, the Indian community at large was but little affected 

 by the momentary influence ; and it is only towards the eighth or ninth 

 centuries a. d. that, without knowing the causes which led to the re- 

 sult or the means by which it was accomplished, we find Brahmanism 

 dominant and active in persecution. 



I have now to advert to the symbols embodied in the Plate. (No. XI.) 

 I shall notice only those of more moment in the text of this paper, 

 leaving the engraving to explain itself under the subjoined synopsis. 



A- Heavenly bodies ... 



B- Man and his members. . . 



Animals ... ... ., 



Fish .. 

 Reptiles 

 C- Home life 



D. Imaginary devices 



E. Reverse dies ... 

 * Stevenson, " Journal Bombay Br. K. A. Soc.' 



1 



Suns. 





2 







3 



Elephants. 





4 



Dogs 





5 



Deer, Cows, 



&c. 



6 



Leopards. 





7 







8 







9 



Ploughs. 





9* 



Cups, vases, 



&c. 



10 



Harrows. 





11 



Wheels. 





12 



Bows and arrows. 



13 



Chaityas. 





14 



Trees. 





15 



Ornamental 



circles. 



16 



Magic formulae. 



17 







Hiouen-Thsang, 



passim. 



