Coins of Indian Buddhist Satraps. [No. 7. 



name imports, and whom we know to have been in possession of the 

 Panjab at this very period. 



I will now describe the coins and inscriptions which I have col- 

 lected together in the accompanying Plate. They are of the highest 

 interest and value for the elucidation of Indian history just before 

 the Christian era ; as they afford a sure guide to the religious and 

 political state of India at that particular period. 

 Coins of Jivanisa. 



Fig, 1 — Eound silver didrachma, unique. Jas. Prinsep. Journal 

 As. Soc. vol. V. PL XXXV., fig. 5. E. Eochette. Journal des 

 Savants 1839, p. 102— Prof. Wilson, Ariana Antiqua PI. Till. fig. 

 17— p. 312. 



Obverse. The king on horseback. In front the Buddhist Mono- 

 gram of Dharma. Greek legend, only partially legible. 



Reverse. The king, clad in the Indian dhoti, standing to the 

 front. On each side of the king is a Victory engaged in crowning 

 him with her right hand. Ariano Pali legend incomplete : Mahigu 

 (la Cha) trapasa Jivonisasa. This coin, which was in General Court's 

 collection was assigned doubtfully to Mauag by E. Eochette, who 

 thought that he could trace the words MErAAOY MAYOY : but he 

 admitted that the correctness of this reading would depend on the 

 decipherment of the native legend. Prom Jas. Prinsep's etching, 

 which was copied from General Court's sketch, I was inclined to 

 assign this coin to Artemidorus, of whom I obtained a coin in 1848. 

 But its true attribution has been finally settled by the following 

 coin which bears exactly the same legends in a much more perfect 

 state. 



Fig. 2. Eound silver Hemidrachma, unique. E. C. Bailey, Esq. 

 Panjab, 35 grains. 



Obverse. The Eaja on horseback: the Buddhist monogram of 

 Dharma in front. Greek legend in corrupt characters. 

 ONNIIAIY YIIYCATPAII. . Z e IONICoY 

 or, OrrYAOY YIOY 2ATPAII ov ZEIQNI20Y. 

 (Coin) of Mahigul's son, the Satrap Zeidnisos.* 



» I consider this name to be the same as the Greek Aiovv<ros, as both terms are 

 simple renderings of Jivanisa, the " lord of life." In India this was a title of the 

 procreative Mahadeva. In this form of the reproducer, the youthful laicxos was 





