1897.] Y. A. Smith — Numismatic Notes and Novelties. 303 
The subjugation of Acyuta is twice mentioned in the great Alla¬ 
habad inscription which relates the history of Samudragupta. The 
. mutilated passage (line 13) in the metrical introduction to the record 
couples Acyuta with Nagasena, and affirms that both were “ uprooted ” 
by the conqueror. The prose passage (line 21) mentions both these 
princes in a list of nine kings of Aryavarta, or Northern India, who 
were “ violently exterminated ” by the emperor. 
I think there is a strong probability that the coins bearing the 
legend Acyu are properly referred to the king whose independence was 
destroyed by Samudragupta. Nothing in the fabric of the pieces 
or the characters of the legend forbids this ascription. 
The fact that, so far as is at present known, the coins are found 
only at the site of Ahicliatra plainly indicates that Acyuta was king of 
that place. Mr. Rapson points out that the reverse of the Acyuta 
coins is similar to that of some of the Naga coins of Samudragupta’s 
period. The Acyuta coinage has no connection with the much earlier 
Mitra series (Bhumimitra, etc.), which is treated by Cunningham ( Coins 
of Anc. I. PI. VII) as the special coinage of Pancala. That Mitra coinage, 
though found in large quantities at Ramnagar (Ahichatra) is also fairly 
abundant in Oudh and the eastern districts of the North-Western 
Provinces. 
I take the opportunity given by these references to Ahichatra of 
directing attention to the close connection which existed between the 
early dynasties of Ahichatra and Kau^mbi (Kosam). The fact of the 
connection was published by Dr. Fiihrer some years ago, but has not 
attracted the notice which it deserves. 
The Pabhosa inscriptions (32 miles south-west of Allahabad) 
yield the following geneological table:— 1 
fonakayana (k. of Ahichatra). 
King Vaxjgapala of Ahichatra. 
= Tevani ( i.e ., Traivarna princess). 
King Bhagavata of Ahichatra. 
= Gopali Vaihidari. 
(i.e., Vaihidira princess). 
King Asadhasena Gopali II 
of Ahichatra. (husband not stated). 
King Bahasatimitra 
of Kosam. 
A Epigraphia Indica , IT, 243. 
