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Fig. 63. Is a copper coin of square form received from the 

 ancient site of Wurrioor [Uraiyur] near Trichinopoly. 



Obverse ; an elephant. Reverse ; a cross in a heart shaped dia- 

 gram without motto or accompaniment of any kind ; weight grains 

 111-45. 



Figs. 64, 65, two copper coins from Dipaldinni. 

 Obverse ; an elephant with uplifted trunk and a legend : re- 

 verse ; the four-limbed chakram, 



Fig. 66, a small copper coin, from the Masulipatam district. 



Obverse ; an elephant with a staff over the neck and a radiated 

 border : reverse ; a series of lines and dots intended perhaps for 

 a temple or portico. This coin forms a link connecting the ele- 

 phant with the lion series of the (supposed) Vengi dynasty. 



Fig. 67, a small copper coin of more modern date. 



Obverse ; an elephant with one hind leg out stretched as if 

 kicking and the tail raised over the back. 



Reverse; an upright rod with some resemblance to an ankus, 

 but much defaced or it may be a candelabra, or pillar between two 

 rings. 



| The posture of the elephant connects it with a more recent 

 series having a Telugu legend on the reverse, which will be describ- 

 ed hereafter. 



Fig. 68, a copper coin, also more modern, 



Obverse ; a female figure seated, with a lotus in either hand and 

 two elephants pouring water over her. 



Reverse ; indistinct, but apparently two or three lines of what 

 may be Nagari characters too much defaced to be read. 



The sitting figure under the modern name of Gaja Lakshmi may- 

 be frequently seen as an ornament in the centre of the lintels over 

 the doors of ancient temples and also over the sluices of old tanks. 

 It appears to be an undoubted Buddhist emblem, although claimed 

 by modern Hindus as appertaining to their mythology. Fig. 73 

 belongs to the same type. 



Fig. 69 to 72, are leaden coins, of similar type to figs. 64 and 65. 



Obverse ; an elephant with uplifted trunk and traces of an im- 

 nerfect legend : reverse ; the four-limbed chakram. 



