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W. Theobald— Karshapana Coinage. 
[No. 2, 
A Revision of the Symbols on the 1 Karshapana' Coinage, described in 
Vol. LIX, 1890, Part I, No. 3, and Descriptions of many 
additional symbols.—By W. Theobald, M.N.S.L. 
[Read December, 1899.] 
In my previous paper on the symbols met with on the earliest 
Indian coinage, the ‘Puranas’ or ‘Karshapanas’ proper, I had 
followed the example set by Thomas and Sir A. Cunningham in draw¬ 
ing no fixed line between the above earlier symbols and those met with 
on the later coinages of Ujain and Eran, but the publication of the 
“ Coins of Ancient India ” has rendered it expedient and practicable 
to distinguish between the symbols of the earlier and later coinages, 
although many of the earlier symbols have survived and re-appear on 
the coins of more local and modern issues. The revision, therefore, 
which I now propose to make, consists mainly in the removal from my 
first list, of all symbols which are not known to occur on the early 
‘ Karshapanas,’ with a few others which are mere duplicates, uninten¬ 
tionally inserted or erroneously identified. The following symbols have 
been removed from the list. 
No. 37 a Rhinoceros and 45 a Panther; both these identifications 
of Thomas I regard as erroneous. 
Nos. 253 and 284, duplicates of other numbers. 
No. 57, on later coins of the Kunindas. 
Nos. 67, 75, 140, 161, 187, 188, 305, of doubtful identification. 
Nos. 236, 241, from coins found at Wai. 
No. 258, a Cappadocian symbol. 
Nos. 259 to 277 inclusive, Scottish symbols. 
Nos. 37, 62, 110, 129, 140, 154, 167, 173, 195, 202, 203 204 
206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 217, 219, 220, 221, 223, 226* 
227, 228, 232, 235, 237, 238, 243 and 251, all on coins of Eran or 
Ujain, making a total of 65 symbols to be deducted from the 312, leav¬ 
ing a total of genuine symbols of the older coinage, of 247. All above 
that number in the present paper are additions now made to the list. 
