[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957) › c19.87 # The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.87 The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.87 - **Language:** English ### [c19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.87) The circle taken as a mark of abbreviation by Hoernle is obviously the normal form of the letter \*tha\*; a small dot can be clearly seen within it at some places; see the first and third \*tha\* in the legend on the left; Pl. XIX. 10. Hoernle read the first two letters at \*Para\*; the new photograph shows that the letter \*pa\* is not on the flan and \*ra\* is quite distinct; I take it to be the first letter of the legend. The second letter is not a dot of abbreviation but the letter \*tha\*; its medial vowel, if any, has not come out. The next two letters are \*matha\*; the first four letters are thus \*rathamatha\*. Hoernle took the next three letters as \*bhaga\* followed by a dot of abbreviation. The letter \*bha\* looks like a \*ta\* in Gupta palæography; and the last letter is a clear \*tha\*. It is difficult to propose a definite reading of the letter in between these two; I think that it is probably a badly engraved \*ra\*. The seven letters of the legend on the right are thus \*Rathamathatara(?)tha\*, with appropriate medial vowels to be supplied. - [Previous: c19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.86) - [Next: c19.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.88) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.87) · Pramāṇa