1884.] V. A. Smith— Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty. 197 
Hugh hoard; one specimen; details wanting; rev. legend Sra 
Mahendra Sinha.’ 
Variety $ ; reverse goddess with r. hand extended open, empty ; 1. hand 
raised, holding lotus-flower. 
A. G. ; bought in Bombay; olov. design almost the same as in 
P. E. XXX, 8; legend illegible; rev. legend 
‘ Sri Ma[hendra ?] ; mon. 86 wt. 
127-2. 
The title Mahendra on these coins is sufficient to justify their ascrip¬ 
tion to Kumara Gupta. Two coins in A. S. B. cabinet appear to belong 
to this type ; in one the reverse lion faces 1., and in the other r., but, in 
the absence of detailed information, I cannot place the coins definitely. 
KUMARA GUPTA MAHENDRA. 
Combatant Lion Type. 
(/. A. S. B. -AXJF, 501, class I; Bev. Catal., class H a.) 
Ohv. King, standing to 1., wearing crested helmet or peaked cap 
and Indian waistcloth, one end of which hangs loose between 
his legs; his 1. hand uplifted; in r. hand he holds bow, 
having discharged arrow into mouth of attacking lion, of 
which only the forepart is visible on 1. margin. Under 
king’s 1. arm ^ ‘ Ku.’ Marginal legend of 3 characters on 1. 
margin, viz., "^[or ‘ ra sa [or sra] ma,’ the if ‘ m ’ being 
certain ; and 8 or 9 characters in r. margin ending in ^ or ffT 
‘ Ku, or ‘ Kra,’ and beginning with ^; Prinsep read 
^TT^Tif.*, but this is not tenable; the letters look like 
Rev. Goddess (probably Kumari Devi) standing, slightly stoop¬ 
ing to L, with right hand feeding a standing peacock, which 
faces r., and with 1. hand holding lotus flower. Legend on 
r. margin ‘ Kumara Guptadhiraj.’ Mono¬ 
gram. 
References No. 1 of Kumara Gupta from Bharsar hoard ; ohv. legend not read ; 
and rev. legend complete j mon. 8a ; wt. 124'5 
RemarJcs. (L A. 8. B. XXI, 397.) 
P. E. XXIII, 28 ; from Cunningham’s collection at Benares ; mon. 
as in Bharsar coin ; rev. legend imperfect ; wt. 
not stated. 
Coin in Swiney coll.; of same type as P. E. XXIII, 28 ; ohv. legend 
indistinct, but guessed by Wilson to be ‘ Vikrama 
Sinha ’; rev. legend ‘ Kumara Gupta ’; no fur¬ 
ther particulars stated. (A. A. p. 423.) 
Coin exhibited at A. S. B ; of ohv. legend only sra [sri ?] ma on 
1 . margin j ‘ Sri ’ on r. margin, and ‘ Ku ’ below 
