392 Memo, on some ancient gold coins. [No. 5. 



Memo, by Mr. E. C. Bayley, Deputy Secretary to the Government 

 of India, Foreign Department. 



The whole of these coins belong to the Kanouj Guptas, a dynasty 

 who reigned apparently from the end of the first to at least the begin- 

 ning of the 4tb century, a. d. 



Their coins are not very rare or important, and most of the coins 

 in the present list have been already figured and described. 



The coin No. 3 of Kumara Gupta is apparently new, as those of 

 Sri Prakasa if correctly described, but there is no such name in any 

 list or inscription. 



Nos. 4, and 5 of Chandra Gupta, 4 of Kumara Gupta and 3 of 

 Mahendra Gupta are apparently unimportant varieties of known 

 types. — With the exception of these seven coins the lists contain 

 little perhaps worth sending to the Court of Directors. 



The proposition for giving the full value to the finders seems a just 

 one — and one by which Government cannot suffer much loss ; if this 

 were done, Mr. Thomas, who will pass Benares in December or Janu- 

 ary next,* might inspect all collected, and would then be able to give a 

 decided opinion as to what coins might be worth sending to the Court 

 — any rejected might be sold by public auction, due notice, with a 

 short descriptive catalogue, being previously given. 

 8 kings of the dynasty are known. 



(Signed,) E. B. 



The references are given to the plates in Thomas's late Kings of 

 Guzerat. 



Chandra Gupta. 

 1. 2. 3. Plate V. figure 20. 

 4. and 5. New apparently, but unimportant varieties of the above. 



No. 6. Plate VII. figure 6. 



Samudra Gupta. 

 1. and 3. Plate IV. figure 16. 



2. Plate V. figure 26, it is not a moon but a musical instru- 

 ment which the figure holds. 



* The Memo, is without date, but was probably written in Sept. or Oct. 1851. 

 —Eds. 



