Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palaeographic, Volume 1To Which Are Added His Useful Tables Illustrative Of Indian History, Chronology, Modern Coinages, And Additional Matter By Edward Thomas. |
Contents
Memoir of the Author by Mr H T Prinsep i | 1 |
PAGE | 8 |
Extracts from modern writers illustrating indigenous evidence of the antiquity of | 13 |
type of the Coinage of Antiochus II which formed the earliest model of the Bactrian | 28 |
Bactrian Coins 29 Attempt to determine the meaning of the writing on the Coins | 36 |
Coin attributed to Vanka deva by Prof Wilson 43 | 43 |
commentary on contributions of the classical authorities who have preserved notices | 53 |
93 | 71 |
ib ib ib ib ib | 200 |
or IndoScythic series 195 Earliest circulation among the Hindús 195 Behat | 203 |
their probable date 208 Colonel Stacys earliest Hindú Coins 209 Further | 213 |
they were | 219 |
the text of the laws of Manu 223 IndoScythic Coins resumed 224 Indo | 233 |
ditto on the Bhitárí Lát 240 ditto from Sanchi 245 Major Cunninghams | 247 |
Translation of two Inscriptions from Eranone of Buddha Gupta the other | 268 |
Recapitulation of the state of our available knowledge of the true Chronological | 277 |
Jamna and Ganges Introductory Letter from Capt Cautley 73 Prinseps | 85 |
inscription on the brass cylinder in the principal deposit 97 Observations thereon | 98 |
the cylinder 102 Other cognate inscriptions 104 Subject continued 105 The | 114 |
Reverses of ditto 131 Figure of Sákya Muni 135 Postscript on image | 126 |
of Buddha from Kábul | 136 |
Note on the Coins discovered by M Court 141 Inscription | 146 |
Roman Coins enclosed 148 Postscript to article on Sassanian Coins 150 Che | 161 |
Sanchi Topes 171 Afghánistán Topes 172 | 172 |
fection of Bactrian type cut in Germany in imitation of Prinseps original font 177 | 177 |
Corresponding Greek and Arian names on Bactrian Coins | 184 |
27 | 184 |
Prinseps first essay towards the determination of the values of the letters of | 185 |
ور | 190 |
Relics from Behat XX Ancient Hindú Coins | 192 |
Muhammadan Coins 22 XXVII Hindú CoinsSaurashtra group XXVIII Miscellaneous Bactrian Coins | 194 |
On the connection of various ancient Hindú Coins with the Grecian | 195 |
Notices of ancient Hindú Coins continued 289 New types 291 | 291 |
Rajput Coins merging into the early Pathan Coinage of Dihlí 299 Note on | 338 |
Coins found at Beghrám 344 Ditto Third Memoir | 348 |
Coinage of the Guptas | 360 |
Bactrian Coins | 362 |
IndoSassanian Coins | 358 |
Legends on the Sah Coins 371 | 371 |
First Series of Imitations under the Guptas 365 Second Series | 377 |
393 | 393 |
types of this class 389 Note on Kangra Coins by Mr E C Bayley 392 Fourth | 395 |
397 | 397 |
IndoSassanian Coins 407 Note on Tughrá combinations of Arabic Legends 408 | 408 |
IndoSassanian Coins continued 412 Ceylon Coins | 419 |
List of Kings 429 Legend on the obverse | 433 |
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