1840.] from Bactrian and IndO' Scythian coins. 661 



at the map must give evidence^ that Azes could not allude to 

 any other country.* 



It will be proved hereafter,, that the Greek kings also, who 

 have chosen the emblem of the elephant for their coins^, must 

 have especially referred to the Punjab. 



If then the elephant and the lion allude to India, and if Azes 

 also possessed Bactria, he cannot have typified by the humped 

 bull any other country than that on the Cabul. This interpre- 

 tation is also very well adapted to the other instances in which 

 this symbol occurs ; moreover, the Chinese mention the very 

 same humped bull as an animal they for the first time met 

 with in Kipin ;t the names of Cabura [gopura, town of cows,) 

 Kophen, and Koas, are perhaps allied to the name of the animal ; 

 on this point, however, the native orthography of these names 

 alone can decide. 



Azes, moreover, proclaims himself the possessor of so many 

 provinces, upon those coins, where, besides the ordinary reverse 

 of the king on horseback, the reverse exhibits a Victory, J having 

 in the left hand a palm, in the right an indistinct effigy, 

 probably bearing a trident. The native legend is mahdrdjd 

 rdjardjo mahatd Ajiliso. Of this hereafter. 



We first mention the coins on which he is seen seated cross- 

 legged, a sword across the knee, while the reverse has a four- 

 armed male figure. § I think, it certainly represents the Indian 

 god Shiva. He had therefore adopted the Indian worship, as 

 did after him Kadphises, and in some degree the Kanerkis. 

 Azes was either also called Azilises, or this was the name of 

 his son and successor. This fact is proved not only by the 

 coins, already mentioned, but also by the following : 



King on horseback, with lance depressed, and the Greek 

 legend, BA2IAEQ2 BA2IAEQN MEFAAOY AZIAI20Y. 



* We have an excellent dissertation by Mr. Ritter, on the extreme 

 boundary within which the Hon is found in India, Erdkunde VI. p. 709, 

 to which I wiUingly refer. 



t Ritter, Erdkunde, VII. 684. 



X R. R. I. No. 16. 



§ As. Trans. IV. pi. XXII. No. 12, 13. R. R. II. p. 46, 



