212 R. Mitra — On a Copper-Plate Grant from Kulw. [Ara. 
Cunningham’s wider experience of such coins must be decisive. I did 
not, however, ascribe the androgyne figure of Siva to Nos. I—IX, but only 
to No. X. 
No. XIV, with CAAHNII, is not a unique, as General Cunningham him¬ 
self possesses two specimens ; one of which, as I have since been informed by 
him, is in even better preservation than the one found in the Ahin-Posh Tope. 
I cannot, however, make out, whether or not it has been also published. 
If not, its publication and description now will be welcome to Numismatists. 
The name OOHPKI I transliterated Iloirki, because I took the first O 
to represent the aspirate consonant h, and the second O the semivowel v, 
that is, 00 to represent the conjunct consonant Tiv. Such a conjunct would 
naturally admit of the slight variations lmv or liov, as in the form OYOHPKI. 
As to the age of the Ahin-Posh Tope, General Cunningham places it 
in the first half of the 2nd century A. D. I was inclined to ascribe it to 
the first half of the 3rd century, principally to allow time for the travelling 
of the Roman coins to Afghanistan and their wear and tear ; the SABINA is 
•considerably worn. I do not think we ought to reduce this time too much. 
Rut the margin allowed by me may have been too large. Perhaps the 2nd 
half of the 2nd century A. D. will be a safe date. 
5. A Translation of a Copper-Plate Inscription from Nirmand, in Kwlu, 
loith a note on the same.—By Rajendbalala Mitea, Rai Eahadtje, 
C. I. E., LL. D. 
In May, 1878, Major W. R. M. Holroyd, Director of Public Instruc¬ 
tion, Panjab, forwarded to the Society a photograph of a copper-palate 
grant found in the temple of Parashurama at Nirmand, in Kulu, together 
with reports on that sanctuary by Messrs. Lyall and Clarke. The pahoto- 
graph, however, was too indistinct to be easily read, I therefore requested 
a sight of the original, which he subsequently favoured me with. The plate 
measures 18 x 8 inches. Its left hand corners are broken, the right hand 
ones rounded, the margins are irregular, and the surface uneven, showing 
that very little care was taken to prepare it for inscription. In the middle 
of both the upper and the lower edge, there is a hole for a ring which pro¬ 
bably bore the donor’s seal and another palate intended to serve as a cover 
for the inscribed face. The letters on the muniment are but slightly 
scratched, and very shallow and indistinct. 
The inscripation extends to sixteen lines, inscribed longitudinally. The 
letters at the beginning of the first three lines as also a few here and there, 
are obliterated, and the last two lines are unintelligible. The rest, how¬ 
ever, is clear enough, and easily read. The letters are of the Gupta type, 
