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G. Bidie— The Pagoda or T'ardha coins. 
[No. 1, 
of the 7th century the Chalukyas separated into two branches one of which, 
the western, remained at Kalyana and the other, the eastern, made Vengi 
their head-quarters. The western line continued to flourish till about the 
middle of the 12th century, after which it rapidly declined, and the Chalu¬ 
kyas ceased to exist as a roval house in Southern India before the beginning 
of the 12th century. 
PI. I, Fig. 3. This is copied from pi. 1, fig. 5, of Elliot’s “Numis¬ 
matic Gleanings,” No. 2. 
Ob. A boar caparisoned, and surmounted with the sun and moon. 
Rev. A central boss surrounded with dots, which, Sir Walter Elliot 
says, represent a chalcra or wheel. It probably was coined in the 7th or Sth 
century of our era. 
PI. I, Fig 4. 
Ob. Boar to the right richly caparisoned, and with scrolls above and 
below. 
Rev. According to Elliot a radiating chakra or wheel; but it may 
be a snake ornament or the lotus. Probable date of coinage Sth or 9th 
century of our era. 
Weight , 58.225 grains. 
It will be observed that its weight exceeds that of the ordinary pagoda. 
This coin was sent to the Museum in 1855 by the Collector of Bellary, 
under the erroneous name of “ Gajapati pagoda.” 
PI. I, Fig. 5. Copied from pi. 101, fig. 13, Moore’s “ Hindu Pantheon,” 
which is a figure of a specimen found in Tippu’s Cabinet. 
Ob. Boar to the left, with sun and moon, and part of a scroll above, 
below a scroll, and dagger like a cross. 
Rev. A scroll or bird’s tail like that on Fig. 2. 
Nonambavadi Coiisr. According to ltice “ the name of the Nolam- 
bavadi or Nonambavadi thirty-two thousand provinces, extending over most 
of the Chitaldroog and Bellary districts, specially connects itself to all 
appearance with the Pallavas.”* This line of sovereigns ruled the whole of 
the country from Calingapatam in the north to the seven Pagodas in the 
south, their western limit extending into Mysore.f As already stated, 
the early kings of the dynasty were Buddhists, and the topes at Amravati 
and elsewhere in the north were erected in their reign. So also were the 
monolithic temples of the Seven Pagodas, but at a later date; for although 
the architectural designs are exclusively Buddhist, they are covered with 
purely Brahmiuical emblems. The date of the Amravati tope has been 
fixed at about A. D. 400, and that of Mahavallipuram, or the Seven Pago- 
* “ Mysore Inscriptions,” p. 53. 
f Rice’s “ Mysore Gazetteer,” Yol. I, p. 202. 
