402 JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XVIII. 
The hra is usually forked at the foot [4], but in a few 
instances seems to be ha^ as in [5]. 
Sahasa Malla, 
1200-1202 A.D. 
Number of coins examined ... 174 
Average weight ... ... 440 milligrammes 
Average diameter ... ... 20*20 millimetres 
General description. — Only three variations can be found 
which are not merely slight individual differences; but 
these three are very marked. 
These coins are of different metal to the preceding, and are 
more deeply struck. In fact they are altogether better made, 
every letter being clean cut and quite clear. The Sri is more 
perfectly formed than in Parakrama Bahu's, and clearer. 
The corrosion is very dark green. 
The legend is Sri'Ma-tsd'ha'Sa-ma-lla. 
Variations.-— composite letter tsd varies, in that a 
stroke which I take to represent t is sometimes missing. The 
common (and correct) reading is shown by [1]. That with 
plain sd for tsd by [2]. In the 174 specimens examined I 
found 107 like [1] and 56 with sd as in [2], while eleven 
were illegible. 
Of the fifty-six sd specimens twenty have yet another 
variation. ¥ovlla they have la [3]. 
So there seem to be three readings : — 
Sri-Ma-tsd-ha-sa-ma-lla [1] 
Hri-Ma-sd-Jia-sa-ma-lla [2] 
Sri'Ma-sd-ha-sa-ma-la [3] 
LiLAVATI, 
1208 A.D., 1209 A.D., and 1211 a.d. ; reigned three times. 
Number of coins examined .... 70 
Average weight ... ... 426 milligrammes 
Average diameter ... ... 20*47 millimetres 
General description. — Less variation than in any of the 
other varieties examined. 
Metal and corrosion the same as Sahasa Malla. Well 
struck, clean-cut coins, with an unusually high percentage of 
good specimens. 
