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Demophoon, among cultivators in the Homeric 
hymn to Demeter; or in a word ‘ Prithi * really 
stands for Bhumi. Sometimes the ‘Nag’ has six 
heads instead of five. J.B., XLTX, VII, fig. 10. 
A similar figure on the coins of Agni Mitra 
may not improbably represent Agni. A.I., VII, 
fig. 13. 
A seated figure on a railed base, probably intended 
for India. A.I., VII, fig. 19. 
Figure within a shrine (Indra?) A.I., VII, fig. 20. 
A similar figure to the last, but with four arms, 
probably represents Vishnu. A.I., VII, fig. 21. 
A female full length figure counterstruck so as to 
obliterate the upper line of symbols on coins of 
Bhanu Mitra, Agni Mitra, and Surya Mitra. A.I., 
VII, fig. 8. J.B., XLIX, VII, figs. 2, 4, 5, 6. 
A seated female figure (inadvertently described in 
the text (p. 83) as standing). A.I., VII, fig. 11. 
These seven figures are all on coins of Panchana. 
Standing figure with snaky legs, probably Scythes 
the autochthonous ruler of Scythia. (S)., J.B., 
VII, LX, fig. 1. The description on p. 1053 con¬ 
tains no reference to the ‘ snaky legs.’ 
A standing figure, with right hand upraised and hold¬ 
ing up a snake. T.P., XLIV, fig. 23, and A.I., 
VIII, fig. 4, on satrap coins of Mathura. 
A seated female figure, lustrated by an Elephant 
on the left. If there was another elephant on 
the right it does not show in the plate. T.P., 
XXXI, fig. 21. The coin is described as of copper, 
silvered. 
A seated female lustrated by a pair of elephants. 
N.G., X, fig. 68. 
The same device occurs on coins of Eran. (S). A.I., 
XI, fig. 14, also on coins of Ujain. (S)., J.B., 
VII, LXI, fig. 3. In this figure a horse is figured 
in the left hand corner, but a duplicate specimen 
in the Cabinet of the Royal Asiatic Society enables 
me to express the strong conviction that the animal 
is really one of a pair of Elephants. 
A standing female figure lustrated by two Elephants. 
A.I., V, fig. 9. Kosambi. This figure is described 
in the text (p. 74) as the Goddess Lakshmi, and 
where the figure is seated, no doubt Lakshmi is 
intended, but on a Buddhist coin, the figure is far 
more likely to be intended for Queen Maya, who 
gave birth to Buddha standing, and was then ac¬ 
cording to the legend miraculously refreshed by two 
streams of water poured over her from heaven. 
The artist has represented this as performed by two 
celestial Elephants. 
I may here draw attention to a piece of sculpture 
from the ‘ Potowar,’ figured in J.B., V, XX, p. 471. 
Here in addition to the two Elephants, two female 
attendants are standing near, each with a ‘ chatti * 
of water in her hand and it is noteworthy that a 
pair of humped Bulls cower beneath the Elephants 
in a wholly inferior position. The influence of 
Greek art has evidently not been lost with regard 
