364 Lassen on the History traced [No. 100. 



preserved, as not to admit any alteration of the letters. We 

 dare only speculate, as to whether it have six or seven characters, 

 and as room is left for the first (9) according to my previous 

 remark, we may presume, that Mr. Masson was mistaken 

 with reference to this letter. The word is therefore T>*ifi , iT/i9. 

 This, however, is a complete mystery to me; neither do 

 I know a word, which denotes brother or relation of any degree, 

 bearing the least similarity to this, nor can I derive a proper 

 signification from those syllables, though the end (par 6 ? pddo ?) 

 exhibits a common Indian word. I must therefore leave this 

 word to an inquirer who is more fortunate in guessing, or more 

 acute in discerning. 



Another barbarian king was named Ynadpherres* or Yndo- 

 pherresf (Undopherres) and styled himself fiaaiXeojQ atorripoQ or 

 fia(Ti\evQ Gowrjpi for the Greek legend gradually exhibits the 

 nominative, which the native language used from the beginning, 

 As. Trans. Vol. iv. PL xxiv. No. 5 — 8. The legends, which 

 are much spoiled, supply each others deficiencies as follow ; I 

 remark, that the name is to be read from within the inside, 

 and not in the manner in which we usually read coins, by keep- 

 ing the image on them in its natural position ; this will be 

 easily evident, if the letters are looked at in the usual way — 



No. 5 gives Tf **V? ^an.lu 



„ 6 „ ~- r » Tinlu T> 



„ 7 „ Tf— — I* *nei 



„ 8 ,„ Tfo-sfp 



* Mr. James Prinsep explains this, by discovering the word Putasa 

 after Balahara or Svalahara, and the difficulty does appear to be re- 

 moved by this reading, which is quite reconcilable with the idiom of 

 the language.— H. T. P. 



f There is only one letter preceding N, namely Y. Mr. Mionnet reads 

 likewise YNAA^EPPOY, and adds a Sic ? Description de mSdailles 

 antiques supplement, Tome vin. p. 506. I only got this work, while print- 

 ing my book. I am sorry to add, that the reading of the native legends is 

 not only not advanced by the representations there exhibited, but the 

 legends, which we may read without difficulty in the representations of 

 them, given by Messrs. Raoul-Rochette and Prinsep, are perverted in an in- 

 distinct web of confused strokes. The false classification might be passed 

 over, as it would not cause great impediment to inquiry, but I have 

 taken sufficient pains with this work, to dare to assert, that to try to decy- 

 pher anything with certainty from those copies would be labour in vain. 



