246 W. Theobald — Notes on some of the symbols found on the [No. 3, 
211. An eight- petalled lotus. Fig. 147. 
212. A ROW OF DOTS, BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES. Fig. 217. 
At first sight this resembles the ‘ vine ’ as conventionally represented, 
but the vine is represented with two rows of. dots arranged on each side 
of a central stem, whereas the present ‘dots’ are in a single row en- 
closed by side lines. I cannot suggest what is intended by the symbol. 
213. A FILLET OB BAND ORNAMENTED WITH ‘ Taurines.’ Fig. 216. 
214. A Tree within a bailing. Fig. 78. 
A symbol of the same type in No. 207. Both are from the large 
square copper coins from Eran, which from their size admit of clearer 
details and execution, and the ‘ punches ’ and figures are larger than is 
usual on the silver coins. 
215. A ‘ Taurine ’ in a circular area. Fig. 188. 
216. A BOAT OB ‘ CORACLE,’ WITH TWO ‘ FISHES ’ (P) Fig. 62. 
217. Cross and four circles bach enclosing four balls. Fig. 175. 
218. An Elephant to the left. Fig. 11. 
This animal is common on the coins, and is usually turned to the 
right. Thomas gives nine figures of elephants, one of which only is 
turned to the left. Another of these figures is surrounded by a frame 
of ‘ taurines.’ In India the elephant is symbolical of Indra and the 
animal is probably intended for ‘ Airavatas ’ the elephant of Indra. 
The symbol is an animal personation or embodiment of those huge banks 
of dark clouds, which during the rainy season traverse the vault of 
heaven, and in India form so striking an object. Especially welcome to 
the parched earth is then the advance of Indra’s elephant ( ‘ Nimbus ’ 
of meteorology) and it has given rise to the pretty metaphor in the 
Meghaduta which Grififith thus renders : 
“ When on a day in June, he* upward cast 
The aching eyes, lo ! on the mountain lay 
A glorious cloud embracing it, so vast 
As some huge elephant, that stoops in play 
To trample down the bank, that bars his onward way.” 
• The banished Taksha, servant of Kavera (the God of Wealth) and the prin- 
cipal personage in the piece. 
