1890.] 
punch-mariced corns of Hindustan, ^'c. 
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the symbol renders it difficult to determine what is really meant, but if 
Dr. Codrington’s suggestion of its relationship to a bull’s head mark 
used in Ladak Mystic plays bo correct, these additional side strokes, 
resembling fins, in reality represent the ears of the Bull, though the die- 
engraver himself may not have correctly understood the true meaning 
of the symbol, and failed accordingly to give it an intelligible character. 
It is not a very rare symbol though usually indistinct. 
185. Four pish (?) within a circular area. Fig. 43. 
186. An oval fillet in a square. Fig. 152. 
187. A branched object in a circular area. Fig. 87. 
188. Two TALL objects with a lower one at the side. 
I am unable to gne.ss at what these objects are intended to represent. 
They boar a sort of resemblance to those decorative designs on Christian 
ornamentation termed, ‘ nails of the cross,’ but they are not ranged in 
trefoil patterns as the ‘ nails ’ are. 
189. Seven spheres within a circle. Fig. 157. 
This is a variant of No. 149, (fig. 155) and is in doubt a symbol 
of planetary import. 
190. A SQUARE, with AN INSCRIBED STROKE. Fig. 189. 
191. A RELIQUARY OB LAMP WITHIN A SQUARE AREA. Fig. 63. 
This symbol occurs on one coin in the British Museum. It may be 
regarded as a reliquary, or else as a drum, it being of the precise form 
of the small Indian drum, or ‘ dag-dagi ’ carried in the hand by jugglers 
and wandering performers with bears and monkeys, with a knotted 
string attached to the middle which acts as a striker when shaken 
backwards and forwards. It may also be a lamp. 
192. A ‘Stupa' OF three chambers with two fish (?) beneath. 
Fig. 53. 
This symbol occurs on a coin in the British Museum, and is identical 
with fig, 46, only it has two objects beneath within an enclosed area 
which may signify fish in a tank, and be intended for miniature specimens 
of symbol No. 236. 
193. A PISH (?) ON A CROSS WITH A ‘ Taurine ’ on either side. Fig. 183. 
It is probable that in many cases where the object resembles a fish 
