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0. E. Shepherd —Notes on two Goins of the Sunga Dynasty. [No. 1, 
Nptes on two Goins of the Sang a Dynasty.—By Col. C. E. Shepherd. 
[ Read 6th November, 1901. ] 
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In Vol. XLIX, Part I of 3880 of the Journal of the Asiatic Society 
of Bengal are two papers on coins of the Snnga dynasty, one by 
Mr. A. C. Carlleyle describing some coins of the dynasty collected by 
H. Rivett-Carnac, Esq., C.I.E., F.S.A., etc., and a second paper by 
Mr. Rivett-Carnac himself giving a farther description of such coins. 
In neither paper, however, is mention made of Dhruva Mitra or Rndra 
Gupta made as belonging to this dynasty. I send two casts showing 
one coin of each of these Kings. 
The three symbols above the name are identical with those on the 
coins of Agni, Bhumi and Phaguni Mitra in the papers above alluded to so 
that Dhruva Mitra and Rudra Gupta undoubtedly belonged to the same 
dynasty; the style of the coins is similar, the name and symbols of the 
obverse having evidently been struck with a square die and the reverse 
has the Buddhist much the same as that shewn in some of the coins in 
Plates VII and VIII of the papers above alluded to. These two coins 
were obtained at a village near Ramanagar from the ruined site of 
Ahichhatra. A more detailed description is as follows :—- 
Dhruva Mitra. 
Coin of medium size, and of mixed metal having a brassy lustre 
with however two spots of coppery colour showing on the reverse side, as 
if the metals were not thoroughly mixed. The coin has two splits, one 
very slight, made most likely during process of manufacture. 
Obverse .—Square depression with the three symbols in line above, 
and name below. 
