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exist ; this cannot be clearly ascertained, until after the examina- 

 tion of the un- Grecian names Unadpherres and Kadphises ; for 

 the Greek <j> will be only the representative of an f in them. 



I observe on this occasion, that thrice in the native legends no 

 vowel sign occurs for the o in Apollodotos, but only the 

 consonant with its inherent a. Though it follows from this, 

 that the language of the coins owned not a pure 6, yet we must 

 also bear in mind, that as now in some Indian dialects, so 

 the a, as pronounced of old, when occurring in middle 

 syllables, approached to the pronunciation of o. Though 

 we otherwise had to expect to find the Greek w rendered 

 by u (oo), we nevertheless observe it once only upon these coins, 

 and even there it is not certain. On the other hand, in the 

 merely Indian alphabet of the coins of Agathocles omicron 

 is represented by u (oo). 



I maintained, that J 1 was the initial in the name Philoxenos. 

 Where then is the i (ee) ? on the copy R. R. II. No. 5 we 

 distinctly observe the trace of i, as the sign -H- appears there. It 

 is therefore to be restored as f*\ The other copies, R. R. II. No. 6 

 As. Trans. Vol. iv. PI. xxi. No. 2. have indeed only got J 1 , pa, 

 but the state of the coins proves, that a part of the character may 

 have been effaced. A fourth coin (As. Trans. Vol. iv. PI. xxi. 

 No. 1) is so much spoiled in its initials, that no use can be made 

 of it. !*• for pi will afterwards sufficiently be proved. 



5. «i is for lo in Apollodotos, ^ for li in Azilises, and for 

 ly in Lysias. It is superfluous to repeat here the discussion on 

 this vowel sign. I likewise adopt the 1 from my predecessors. 



In the name Antialkides, there occurs an ^i, though in Greek 

 1 is without a vowel. From this circumstance, however, we do 

 not consider ^ as a variety of •"!, but here evidently is a trans- 

 formation of the Greek name according to the rules of native 

 sounds. The important consequences on this remark, here only 

 hinted at, will be proved hereafter. 



On the character itself, I shall only observe, that the small 

 perpendicular line on the left hand is sometimes turned up- 

 wards ; at least, if As. Trans. Vol. iv. PL xxi. No. 1. the 

 apparently well preserved word, by which (ivlk^toq is expressed, 

 is faithfully represented by Mr. Prinsep. But the form I have 



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