1883.] 
G. Bidie —The Pagoda or Varaha coins. 
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Warangal and ascended to Cuttack, where he married the daughter of the 
raja as the bond of peace, while westwards his conquests extended up to Sal- 
sette.”* About the end of his reign shadows began to fall on the pros- 
perity of the Vijayanagar house, and gradually it was involved in ruinous 
revolutions and contests. 
PI. II, Fig. 13. This is a coin of Sadasiva of Vijayanagar who 
reigned, nominally, from A. D. 1542 to 1573, but was virtually controlled 
by Rama Raja his minister who finally usurped the throne. 
Oh. Siva with the trisul in his right hand and the antelope in his 
left. Parvati on the left side of her lord. 
Pev. Sadasiva. 
Weight. 52 912 grs. 
The obverse of this coin is the exact prototype of the “ Ikkeri” and 
“ Bahaduri” pagodas, and at one time I had doubts as to whether the 
Sadasiva, whose name is on the reverse, was not the Nayak of that name 
who founded the Ikkeri house in the Shimoga district of Mysore,f and 
established a mint there which was afterwards captured and worked by 
Hyder. Originally a poor man, he is said to have discovered some hidden 
treasure with which he built a fort. He then visited the Court of Vijaya¬ 
nagar and obtained, in A. D. 1560, a grant of the Government of Barkur 
Mangalur and Chandragutti, with the title of Sada Siva Nayak. His 
successor established the capital at Ikkeri, but in 1639 it was moved to 
Bednur, the modern Nagar of the Shimoga district, and at one time a place 
of great strength and importance.! 
PI. II, Fig. 14. This coin has originally been somewhat roughly 
executed, and the die of the reverse has apparently slipped to one side, so 
that the inscription is not in the centre and is partly incomplete. The 
reading is therefore not quite satisfactory, but the name seems to be that 
of Tirumala Raja, who was the maternal uncle of Sadasiva. He is said to 
have for a time usurped the throne of Vijayanagar, but having rendered 
himself disagreeable to the Court and people, Rama Raja with the assis¬ 
tance of the nobles expelled him, on which he committed suicide. A 
romantic story is told of his having transferred the sovereignty of part of 
Mysore to the Wadeyars, but this is very doubtful. 
Oh. Siva and Parvati. 
Pev. Sri Ti (rumala) Raja. 
The specimen in the Museum is a half pagoda. 
Weight. 25 - 8 grs. 
* Rice’s “ Mysore Gazetteer,” Vol. I, p. 230. 
f Buchanan’s “ Mysore,” Vol. Ill, p. 254. 
| Rice’s “Mysore Gazetteer,” Vol. II, p. 355. 
