pIndyan coins. 
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RsDtrse. — The standing Ceylon-man with hanging lamp 
in right hand and under the left hand the ankusam or ele- 
phant goad. 
This name does not occur either in the lists of Pandyan 
kings ; in any known inscription ; nor have I been able to 
hear of any tradition bearing upon it. 
Fig. 2. Obverse. — Inscription in Tamil Q^ir ^wn—jnnaeir 
Kothanda Raman in three lines, and covering the whole 
field. Above the inscription a figure, perhaps for ornament. 
Reverse. — Sceptre, between two fishes ; above the sceptre 
the crescent moon : dotted border. 
The name occurs neither in lists nor inscriptions, but 
is one still in common use among the people. This coin 
belongs to the period before the invasion from Ceylon and 
the subsequent introduction of the Ceylon type of coins. 
The forms of the letters on the obverse, it vdll be noted, are 
similar to those bearing date in the eleventh century. They 
correspond very nearly with those given in Bumell's South 
Indian Paleography, PI. XVIII, and are clearly older than 
those in his PI. XIX. 
Fig. 3. Obverse. — Inscription in Tamil ss^±\siraL£i<ssr Kali- 
yuga Haman occupying the whole field ; above, the same 
ornament as appears above the inscription in fig. 2. 
Reverse. — Two foot-prints indicating the worship of 
Vishnu; above them the sun and moon, and to the right a 
letter or numeral indicating perhaps the year of the reign. 
Around all a border of dots. 
Name unknown in inscriptions, lists, or tradition. 
Fig. 4. Obverse. — Legend in Tamil seSiLjsirfrLD Kahyuga 
Rama, same as in fig. 3, above the sceptre and two fishes. 
Reverse. — Ceylon-type of figure. 
Fig. 5. Obverse. — Legend in Tamil ^eoQ^sirm- Kulase- 
karan above the conventional sceptre between two fishes. 
Reverse. — Ceylon-type figure. 
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