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recognised on the copper coins of Taxila. A.I., XT, fig. 9, where vine 
tendrils and grape clusters form the bottom line of symbols on the 
coin. If the vine occurs on the 4 Puranas ’ (as I believe to be the case) 
it is in the highly conventional form of grapes adhering to an upright 
stem; this attribution is largely helped out by the presence of a goat, 
and by the fact that there is no other fruit which can be suggested 
with greater probability. The cocoa-nut palm may or may not be 
intended by symbol No. 301; one argument in favour thereof being, 
that the symbol seems unknown on coins from the Punjaub, and is 
restricted to coins from Southern India, that palm being only found on 
the sea coast. The Mango (Magnifera indica) is not represented on the 
coins, but is clearly seen on the sculptures of Barhut Stupa (A.I., 
Frontispiece). 
MATHURA COINS. 
The symbols on some silver coins from the Mathura district were 
described by me in the Journal As. Soc. of Bengal for 1894, 
Part I, No. 2, to which I have now added three additional from 
coins in the B.M. 
14 
0. 
A nine-pin like object, with rays above, directed backwards, or to 
the left. (2087). 
15 
0. 
An object perhaps intended to represent a horse to r. (2099). 
Both these symbols are too obscure to enable any positive 
opinion to be expressed as to their import. 
A small ‘ Triskelis’ revolving from r. to 1. (2093). 
16 
0. 
17 
0. 
An object which may be a rude plough. (2092). 
A ‘ Taurine.’ (2095). 
18 
0. 
19 
0. 
A Confused symbol, perhaps Nos. 14 and 15 united. 
20 
0. 
Some semi-circles, perhaps parts of a ‘ Stupa.’ 
21 
0. 
A small sun (on one coin) is struck over the rump of No. 15. 
A variant of the ‘ Thunderbolt.’ Two tricuspid ‘ Taurines,’ that 
is with additional median prong, and two lateral crescents. 
22 
R. 
23 
0. 
A fish to r. in an oval area, with three fins above and three below. 
B.M. 
24 
0. 
A hunting leopard or ‘Cheetah’ (Cynaclurus jubata). On one 
coin there is a feline animal with a long tail, which I identify 
with the domesticated ‘ Cheetah.’ It has nothing to do with 
the ‘ Leopard ’ of Thomas, which I have failed to recognise on 
any silver coin. B.M. 
25 
0. 
Pour dots in a square area, with one in the centre. B.M. 
26 
0. 
Four dots below and one at the top in a Scutiform area pointed 
above. B.M. 
WAI COINS. 
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The wai coins are of an entirely different class and have been 
described and figui-ed by Dr. 0. Codrington in the Journal of 
the Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch. Yol. XII, p. 400. 
They have also been figured by Sir W. Elliot in N.O., Plate 11, 
figs. 62, 63 and 64. They are of three sizes representing two 
