234 The Historical Coins of Arakan. [No. 171. 



No. 2. The next coin is that of the son and successor of the preced- 

 ing king ; the obverse bears the following date and inscription : — 



@iq 3°£(3. ODq8 OGjOgCpC&O gCOgpSoCJO 

 Translation. 

 974. Lord of the White Elephant, Wa-ra-dham-ma Rd-dzd 

 Oo-shyoung-shya. 

 This date is equivalent to A. D. 1612. Wa-ra-dham-ma Rd-dzd is 

 a Pali title said to signify " Excellent- law-observing king ;" while in 

 Oo-shyoung-shya we have another instance of the barbarous adoption of 

 a Mahumudan name, it appearing to stand for Hoosein Shah ! This 

 king was commonly known to his subjects by the name Meng hhamoung* 

 The reverse of this coin bears like the preceding one an illegible in- 

 scription in Persian and Nagree. 



No. 3. The obverse of this coin has the following date and inscription : — 



goq 3o£((j cxdq£ sxd6^ ooq£ d8^oqogGpG>o 



Translation. 



984. Lord of the White Elephant, Lord of the Red Elephant, 



Thi-ri-thu-dham-ma Rd-dzd. 



This date is equivalent to A. D. 1622. There is no Mahumudan 

 name on this coin. The Pali title is translated " Excellent righteous 

 king." On the reverse is an illegible Persian and Nagree inscription. 



No. 4. This coin, and all those posterior to it, have the same inscrip- 

 tion on the obverse and reverse. On this one the date and inscription 

 are as follows : — 



OOOO Qo£((J ODSXS 30S^ 009(5 ^G|Oc8(c^ 



Translation. 



1000. Lord of the White Elephant, Lord of the Red Elephant, 



Na-ra-ba-di-gyi. 



This date answers to A. D. 1638, the very year in which the History 



of Bengal informs us that the "Mugh Chief who held Chittagong on the 



* Khamoung, in Burmese writings signifies, the "canopy of state" — being part of 

 the regalia of their Kings. It is probable that this title Meng Khamoung-~wa.s a 

 translation of some Mahumudan epithet, which this King took to himself. It may be 

 rendered, "The Canopy of Kings." — T. L. 



