1880.] A. C. Carllejie — Coins of the Sunga or Milra Di/nastij. 23 



But Mr. Eivetfc-Carnac has one most beautiful little coin oi" Bhadra- 

 ghosa, of very small size, on which the legend is as clear and distinct as 

 possible, — really wonderfully clear for such a small coin. 



The occurrence of only one undoubted coin, — besides one doubtful 

 one, — of Indra-mitra, in this collection, is somewhat puzzling to me, — 

 because, from the style of the alphabetic characters on his coins, I do not 

 think they are so ancient as those of some of the other kings ; and I would 

 be inclined to place him certainly after Agni-mitra. The only reason 

 that I can offer for this comparative (and perhaps only apparent or local) 

 scarceness of the coins of Indra-mitra, is that his reign may have been a 

 short one, and either that his residence was in some different part of the 

 country, or that the distribution of his coinage was partial I did not find 

 that the coins of Indra-mitra were any more scarce than those of other 

 kings, among the coins of this dynasty which I obtained at Bhuila (Kapi- 

 lavastu). 



But, in the present case of the Ramanagar coins, I think there may be 

 another way of accounting for this, probably merely temporary or local, 

 scarceness of Indra-mitra's coins. I would suggest that Indra-mitra was 

 the son and immediate successor of Bhumi-mitra, and that the Kamanagar 

 hoard was buried immediately after the death of Bhiimi-mitra, and in 

 the early part of the first year of the reign of Indra-mitra. This would 

 account for the plentifulness of Bhvimi-mitra's coins, and the scarceness of 

 Indra-mitra's, in the Ramanagar find. 



I will now give a list of those Mitra kings whose names have been in 

 any way atithenticated ; and I will place them in the chronological order in 

 which I think they should be placed ; and opposite to the names of those 

 of whom coins were found in the Ramanagar hoard, I will place the number 

 of each found, respectively. 



Initial Date. 



Number of Coins 

 found atliamnasrar. 



B. C. 

 178. 



PushjJamitra, (JVone.) 



Bhadraghosa, 5 



Surya-mitra, 7 



Bhanu-mitra, | 10 



Agni-mitra, I 11 



Anu-mitra, . . . . 

 Phaguni-mitra, 

 Bhiimi-mitra, , 

 Indra-mitra, . . . , 



1 



28 

 31 



1, certain. 

 1, doultful. 



