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E. H. C. WALSH ON 



Sho-kang ((^'ZTjC") § of a tang-ka 

 Chhi-ke (§^1*0 i 

 Kar-ma-nga( SPs'ST^T) i 

 Kha-kang (prp) £ ,, 

 Khap-chhe ( pT^JS* ) 



1 2 



= 4 annas (Plate l III(A) & III(B), fig. 12) 

 = 3 annas (Plate III(A) & III(B), fig. 13). 

 = 2 annas (Plate III(A) & III(B), fig. 14). 

 = 1 anna (Plate III (A) & III(B), fig. 15). 

 = h anna. 



The last sub -division, the "half kha," is one-half of the portion shewn in fig. 15 

 of Plate III(A) and III(B). It is rarely made and is generally merely a term of 

 calculation. 



These sub-divisions, which, if the coins were merely cut up, would be the portion 

 of the coin corresponding to the value they represent, are in reality merely tokens ; 

 as the edges are nearly always clipped and the centre is generally cut out, as shewn 

 in the examples given, and the silver so clipped is kept by the smith, who cuts up the 

 coin, as his remuneration, or by the owner, if he cuts his own coin. These sub- 

 divisions, however, always exchange at their nominal value irrespective of their being 

 clipped. The division of the coin in Lhasa and Central Tibet * is always made by a 

 straight line cut across it, as shewn in the plate. Mr. Rockhill in his book " The 

 Land of the Lamas," and also in his description of the collections in the United States 

 National Museum, gives an example of a tang-ka cut up differently as shewn below. 

 The upper line of figures shews the method of cutting in Lhasa and Centeral Tibet 

 generally, and the lower line the method followed in Eastern Tibet as shewn by Mr. 

 Rockhill 



1 2 3 4 



The (Cho-tang and Kong-par) Tangka as subdivided in Lhasa and Central Tibet. 

 (The dotted lines shew the usual clipping). 



Q 



v 



The {Gaden) Tangka subdivided, as shewn by Rockhill. 

 1. Sho-kang. 2. Chhi-ke. 3. Karma-nya. 4. Kha-kang. 



1 The obverse of the coins figured is shewn on Plate III A . and the reverse is shewn in the corresponding number of Plate 

 IIIB Similarly Plate IVB gives the reverse of the coins whose obverse is shewn on Plate IVA. 



•2 "Notes on the Ethnology of Tibet." Based on the collections in the U.S. National Museum, Plate 27, and "The Land of 

 the Lamas." By W. W. Rockhill, p. 207. 



