1855.] On the Coins of the Gupta Dynasty. 487 



Gupta Inscription on the Pillar at JSrcm near Sagor J. A. S. B. 

 VII. 632. 



I would premise, in introducing the following recapitulation, that 

 I have indicated the doubtful readings of legends by the use of 

 Roman type ; where the transcript is given in Sanscrit letters, it 

 is to be understood, that the decipherment is not contested. In 

 the supplimentary observations appended to each classified ex- 

 emplar, the latter character is also employed, as being most readily 

 identifiable with the indeterminate originals. 



Ghatot Kacha 



Class %.— J. A. S. B. V. XXXIV. 12. Ariana Antiqua XVIII. 

 14* 



Obverse. Full length figure of the King, clothed somewhat after 



vana ; [the cave] of him, bowing to the feet of the paramount, homage-receiving, 

 Supreme Maharaja Chandra. Gupta the grandson of Maharaja Chagaliga, the 

 son of Maharaja Vishnu-dasa, Maharaja (name obliterated of Sanakanika." 

 p. 15." 



As I do not place much faith in Major Cunningham's Sanscrit lore, I have sub- 

 mitted an independent transcript of his original Facsimile PI. XXI. (Bhilsa 

 Topes) to the scrutiny of Professor Hall, who has kindly favoured me with an 

 amended translation. 



The transcript finally adopted will be seen to vary but slightly, from the version 

 in Roman type inserted above. The translation however differs very materially — 

 at the same time I must freely admit the disadvantages I have laboured under in 

 having to follow the Lithograph of a London Artist while Major Cunningham's 

 transcript has been made, I presume, from the original record. Some slight liber- 

 ties have also been taken by Mr. Hall in correcting, in the modern version, the 

 errors of Sanscrit orthography to be detected in the ancient text. 



f%l[*i II ^N?WT ^\ ^T^ HW ^W^T^^Tr TTT*R¥TT*tr ^TTT^lfa 

 (TT*l) ^N^-Hqr^T^TfT^T *T^TO5T ^1%*I <?TW T^KM fa^re- 



(" May it be) auspicious I On the 11th day of the light fortnight, in the month 



of Sravana, in the year 82 of the great King of Sana Kanika, son of the great 



King, Vishnu-dasa, (and) grandson of the great King, Chhagaliga, (who, viz. 

 Chhagaliga was) son of the supreme monarch (and) paramount lord of great Kings 

 The auspicious Chandra Gupta * * !" 



* Coins known to the author, 1st, Tregear (No. 12, above,) 2nd, the late Lord 

 Auckland, 3rd, British Museum, 4th, Col. Stacy, 5th, Major Bush. 



