JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 
Part I.—HISTORY, LITERATURE, &c. 
No. III.—1886. 
Note on Some of the Symbols on the Goins of Kunanda,—By 
W. Theobald, Esq., M. R. A. S. 
The coins of this king are so well known and have been so well 
delineated and so fully described, that it may excite surprise that any 
new light should be sought to be thrown on the symbols they bear, with¬ 
out recourse to any essentially nearer or different material than those 
which have already undergone the scrutiny of some of our ablest orien¬ 
talists ; and I feel that a sort of apology may well be expected for my 
presumption in claiming to see deeper into the subject than others have 
done, who are far abler than myself in this particular branch of enquiry, 
and that my justification can alone be found, by establishing with a fair 
amount of probability the substantial correctness of the views which 
have suggested themselves to me, after the perusal of the papers of some 
of my eminent predecessors in this enquiry. For my present purpose it 
will, I think, suffice to quote from the writings of Prof. H. H. Wilson in 
his ‘ Ariana Antiqua,’ p. 415, PI. XV, f. 23; a paper by E. Thomas, Esq., 
in J. R. A. S. Vol. I, Xew Series, p. 447 ; a paper by my learned 
and esteemed friend Babu Rajendrolala Mitra in J. A. S. B. 1875, Part 
1, p. 82, and Prinsep’s PI. XXXII, J. A. S. B. 1838. 
The type of both the silver and copper coins of Kunanda is very 
constant, so far as the general design goes, though the copper coins vary 
considerably in size, weight, and execution, while the dies of the more 
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