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Dr. Hoernle —Antiquities from Central Asia. [Extra No. 1, 
The two first letters gugra of the name appear in the following 
forms :— 
NO. 5. 
cL o cf 
X 
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Perhaps the group might also be read gurga. The form (a) is the 
commonest; it occurs in Nos. 2, 3, 4 of the first variety, and can be 
seen very distinctly in No. 3 (PI. I, 13) ; it is also seen in the large 
coin No. 1 (PI. I, 6). The form (6) occurs in No. 1, (c) in No. 10, and 
(e) in No. 14, all of the first variety. The form (/) occurs in the third 
variety, and the absence of the conjunct marks at the foot of the two 
letters is accounted for by the crowded state of the legend. 
The final letters dasa appear in a curiously conjunct form in the 
coins Nos. 2 and 4 of the first variety. They are shown as ( g ) in the 
above Woodcut No. 5. The conjunction is probably merely due to the 
negligence of the engraver. 
There are altogether five varieties of the royal name, all commencing 
with Gugra ; viz., Gugramada , Gugradama , Gugramaija , Gugramoda , and 
Gugratida. Perhaps n may be read for d (Gugramana , etc.), in every 
case, or in some of them, seeing that the Kharosthi d and n are hardly 
distinguishable. Seeing also that sometimes y occurs forin the title 
maharaja (rnahardya) , it may be that, by a similar phonetic process, 
Gugramaya is only another form of Gugramada. It is also possible 
that Gugramoda is really intended for Gugramada , as what looks like 
the vowel o may be a mere slip of the engraver. In any case there 
still remain three names which cannot be identified with one another: 
Gugramada , Gugradama and Gugratida. Accordingly these coins must 
be ascribed to three, if not five different kings. As all their names 
begin with Gugra (perhaps Gurga), they would all seem to have belonged 
to the same family. 
( d ) The Chinese Legend. 
The Chinese legend, also, occurs in two different versions ; a longer 
and a shorter one. The longer, consisting of six symbols, is found on 
the large coins, while the shorter, consisting only of three symbols, 
is seen on the smaller coins. 
The longer legend is arranged in four different ways, three of which 
occur in our collection. In the first variety, the legend commences op- 
