352 Lassen on the History traced [No. 100. 



is preceded by ^h in this word, by which we are prevented 

 from adopting ^ as loo, if + be indeed previously correctly fixed 

 as loo. If there remain any doubt, the word Antialkides would 

 set it at rest. 



That this was the name of this king, and not Antilakides, 

 is confirmed by the native legend, which is *P"l'"h r *19 + l9, Atiali- 

 kado, according to Mr. Prinsep's* examination of a well pre- 

 served copy. 



This k is throughout well preserved upon the coins, As. 

 Trans. Vol. iv. PI. xxiv. No. 9, 10, 11. also R. R. I. No. 15 ; 

 it has, however, been obliterated on R. R. II. No. 7- 



Here let me remark on the name Antialkides ; Ik is a com- 

 pound, which is not admitted in Pracrit; in that language it 

 becomes kk by absorption. Here both consonants remain, 

 but only in this way, viz. by separating 1 from k, by transferring 

 the vowel i (1 k i) to the first consonant, and by adding a to 

 the second, in consequence lika for Iki. 



We observe a similar method in Pracrit, f according to 

 the prevailing rule of which similar consonants only, when 

 coming together, are admitted. If therefore two dissimilar 

 consonants meet together, of which neither will give way to 

 the other, an intervening vowel is added to the first, and by 

 this separation of the obstinate couple, peace is restored 

 between them. In Pracrit this is the case with kl; kilesa 

 from kleza, kilanta from klanta. Our Pracrit treats Ik accord- 

 ingly; the difference, however, is, that though the vowel of 

 the first consonant is borrowed as in Pracrit (i-i, i-e, kileza from 

 kleza, siri from sri,) from the original syllable, yet, this 

 syllable does not retain its first vowel. The Pracrit would 

 require Antialikido. 



The opinion therefore, that the language of our coins trans- 

 formed foreign names, according to its genuine rules, is here 

 also confirmed. 



I think then, I have arrived at the real k, and instead of 

 borrowing it from Eukratides, I shall only exemplify it there. 



1 might be satisfied with Mr. Prinsep's statement, that all 



* V. p. 722. 

 •| My Grammar, p. 182. 



