1894.] Y. A. Smith — History and Coinage of the Gupta Period. 167 
An interesting hoard of Gupta gold coins, which may be referred 
to as “ the Hajipur hoard,” has been recently described by Dr. Hoernle. 
The deposit is said to have been found by a boy “ among brick rubbish 
in a small walled enclosure near Kunahra Ghat, in the bazar of Hajipur 
on the 2nd or 3rd of August, 1893.” Altogether, 22 coins were found, 
though only 14 of these were recovered through the Collector of Mu- 
zaffarpur. ( Proc ., A. 
S. Bengal , March 1894, p. 5.) 
The details, are 
King. 
Type. 
No. of 
Reference. 
Candra 1 Gupta I, 
King & Queen 
Specimens. 
1 
Coinage , 2 PI. I. 
1 
Samudra Gupta II, 
Archer 
1 
>> >> »> 
10 
99 99 99 
J arelin 
2 
» >> » 
7 
99 99 99 
Battle-axe, var. a 
1 
99 99 99 
11 
Candra Gupta II, 
Archer, Class I, var. 
a 2 
Not figured. 
5 > }> >> 
„ „ II 
1 
Coinage , PI. I. 
16 
>» j > y> 
Combatant Lion 
3 
a f> !!• 
5 
99 99 99 
Umbrella, var. /3 
2 
„ „ II. 
8 
99 99 99 
„ new var. 
1 
Not figured. 
My friend Mr. C. S. Delmerick has been successful in collecting 
a good many gold and copper Gupta coins in the Badaon District, which 
lies between the ancient capital cities, Ahichatra (Ramnagar) in the 
Bareli District and Kanauj in the Farrukhabad District. Mr. D. Ernst 
of Calcutta has a nice set of eleven gold Gupta coins, collected chiefly at 
or near Cawnpore. The set includes some rare, but no new coins. 
PART II.— Gupta Gold Coins. 
Kacha or Kacha, 
Standard Type— {Coinage, p. 74; Observations, p. 95.) 
A coin obtained by Dr. Yost from the Harden district in Oudh, 
distinctly gives the name as Kacha , with the long vowel, in both places. 
On the margin the long vowel is indicated by a short horizontal line 
to the right, on a level with the head of the K. Below the arm it is 
indicated by a similar .short line above the head of the K. This coin 
closely resembles the B. M. Prinsep specimen, figured in Coinage , PI. I, 
3, and the vowel mark for a , under the arm, is formed the same way in 
both coins. 
1 I particularly dislike using the English c instead of ch, as the equivalent of 
but am obliged to conform to the system recently sanctioned by the Council 
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
2 The reference Coinage is to my treatise on The Coinage of the Early or Im¬ 
perial Gupta Dynasty , with five plates ( /. Boy, As. Soc . for 1889). 
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