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in which Indra is praised for hurling down the demons that were striv- 

 ing with magic wiles to creep up and to scale the heights of heaven. 

 To the poetic fancy, nothing would suggest more naturally the idea of 

 demons trying to scale the heavens than the sight of this strange magi- 

 cal ladder betwixt earth and sky. 



In this connection, the discussion of Bergaigne, La religion vedique, 

 ii. 346-7, should be compared. The language of the sloka at Maha- 

 bharata, v. 10. 37 = 328 seems also to favor my view. The whole epic 

 passage is a reminiscence of the Namuehi-story. 



The false interpretation of the ancients, finally, rests simply upon 

 the ambiguity of the instrumental case form ^Jf. The case might 

 denote the relation of accompaniment— as it really does here ; or it 

 might denote the relation of means— as the authors of the Brahmanas 

 sujiposed it to do. 



On some new or rare Muhammadan and Hindu Coins. — By 

 Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle. 



In July and September last I received from the Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Hoshangabad, in two instalments, a hoard of 477 gold coins, 

 which had been found in a field in the Sohagpur Tahsil of the Hoshan- 

 gabad District, by some ploughmen while ploughing their field. 



This hoard was carefully examined by me, and a detailed report 

 published in the Proceedings of the Society for December 1887. 



Among the 477 coins, there were 451 belonging to different (so-called) 

 " Pathan " emperors of Dehli ; 4 belonging to the Mughal emperors 

 Aurangzib and Farrukh Siyar, 1 belonging to the Bengal king Sikandar 

 bin Ilyas, and 21 silver-gilt forgeries. 



The " Pathan " emperors of whom there were coins, are Grhiyasu-d- 

 din Balban (1 specimen), Muizzu-d-din Kaiqobad (1), Jalalu-d-din Firuz 

 (1), 'Alau-d-dmMithammad (391), Ghiyasu-d-Ttighlaq I. (3), Muhammad 

 bin Tughlaq (24), Firuz Shah (19), Ffruz Shah and Fath Khan (2), 

 Firuz Shah and Zafar (2), Ghiyasu-d-din Tughlaq II. (2), Abu Bakr bin 

 Zafar (1), Muhammad bin Firuz (1), Mahmud bin Muhammad bin Firuz 

 (1), and Mahmud bin Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1). 



Most of these coins belong to more or less well-known types, which 

 have been already published in Thomas' Chronicles of the Tafhdti Kings 



