574 DESCRIPTION OF SELECT COINS. 



Reverse. — A female figure precisely like that in Figure 

 12: the relative situation of the impression differs, and the 

 figure is lower and more on one side: the symbol is there- 

 fore almost excluded, but it appears to have been the same : 

 the characters are similar, and are evidently meant for 



ancient Nagari : they are H'M<f a % > €) , and the first may be 



read ^ft "JT^t — but it is not easy to conjecture what sense even 

 if completed to Prakirtti, fame, should be attached to the 

 legend. 



The Natives call this Coin, arbitrarily of course, the Coin of Hiranya- 

 kasipu : it is allied to the preceding by the figure and characters on the 

 reverse. The drawing is from the original, which I obtained at Kanoj. 



Plate I. Figure 18. 

 A Gold Coin. 



Obverse. — A man on horseback. 



Reverse. — A female seated in profile, and feeding what 

 appears to be a peacock : there are some characters in the 

 margin. 



This Coin is not apparently allied to any of the preceding, and is of 

 very questionable character. It is taken from a drawing of a Coin said to 

 belong to Mrs. White, of FulteJigerh. 



Plate I. Figure 19. 

 A Gold Coin. 



Obverse. — A female figure in profile, seated on a morah, 

 or stool of basket-work : a rod or sceptre is behind her, and 



