The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c22: Appendix V: General Index

The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c22

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Appendix V: General Index

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Ādityasena, a Later Gupta king, 334. Agathocles, 28; 35. Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā, 147-8. Alloys in Gupta gold coins, 241-2. Apratigha type, see Appendix IV. Archer type, see Appendix IV. Ashmolean Museum, coins given to, 306; 314. Aśvamedha sacrifice of Samudragupta, 61 ff. —sacrifice of Kumāragupta I, 5; 202 ff. Bālāditya, see under Narasiṃhagupta. Balia hoard, 308. Bamnala hoard, 356. Banka find, 310. Basti hoard, 307-8. Battle-axe type, see Appendix IV. Bayana hoard, its contents, 310-16. Bhānugupta, king, 9-10; 267. Bhadra, coins of, mistaken for those of Chandragupta II, 18. Bharsar hoard, 306. Bhīmarāja or Bhīmasena, king, 318. Bhitari seal, 262. Bodleian collection, 249; 341. Budhagupta, king, 9; 267; his coinage mistaken for that of Purugupta, 275; coinage described, 277. Chandra, king, of Eastern Chālukya dynasty, 215. Chandra, king, of Mehrauli pillar inscription, 161. Chandragupta I, extent of his kingdom, 2; marries Kumāradevī, 2; his coin type, 26-8; 32-3; his coin legend, 27; 33; Chhatra type not issued by him, 127; nor the Standard type, 19; his coins in different museums, 26; their findspots, 27.

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Chandragupta II, his history, 4-5; introduces silver and copper coinage, 5; his gold coin types, 22-3; 90; Mahendra not used by him as his biruda; 91; for his Archer, Chakravikrama, Couch, Chhatra, Horseman, Lion-slayer, King-and-queen-on-the-couch and Standard types, see Appendix IV.

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Chandragupta III, non-existent, mistaken for Vainyagupta, 281.

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Chashṭana, coins of, 235-6.

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Chinese pilgrims, 155.

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Commemoration Medal theory, 28-32.

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Couch type, see Appendix IV.

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Copper coins of silver type, 234-6.

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Copper coinage of Chandragupta II, its classes and varieties, 155-61; its originality, 155; of Kumāragupta I, 236-40; 353, plated with silver, 234-6; of silver type non-existent, 234.

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Dates on silver coins, 219; 221; 229; 230; 251-2; 257-8.

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Devarāshṭra, 3.

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Devattha hoard, 310.

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Devīchandraguptam, a play 164.

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Dhruvadevī or -svāminī, wife of Rāmagupta, 32.

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Double struck coins, 49; 338.

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Directors of the East India Company melt Gupta coins, 306.

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Dvādaśāditya, see under Vainyagupta.

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Elephant-rider type, see Appendix IV.

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Elephant-rider Lion-slayer type, see Appendix IV.

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Eraṇḍapallaka, 3.

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Eucratides, 28; 36.

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Gaṅgā, see Appendix IV.

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Ghaṭotkacha, son of Śrigupta, 2; did not issue coins, 2.

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—— a later Gupta prince, coins of, 2; did he issue Chhatra type? 248; his Archer type, 8, 264-5.

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Ghugrahatti, 326.

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Goddess on reverse, her identity, 28; 43.

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Gopalpur, coins found at, 310. Gorakhpur, coins found at ,310. Govindagupta, a Gupta prince, 5. Gupta coinage, not started by king Śrigupta or king Ghaṭotkacha, but started by Chandragupta I, Allan's view to the contrary examined 28-32; its coin types, 17-25; its metrology, 293-301; its palaeography, 301-5; its symbols, 287-95; its artistic merit and varieties, 12-14; superb craftsmanship, 16-17; extent of foreign influence over, 15-16; its stages of Indianisation, 19; 21; 53; 57; no foreign influence on the Aśvamedha, Lyrist and Tiger-slayer types, 61-75. Greek legends, 36-7; 151; 220; 251-2. Gupta empire, its beginning, 1-2; under Samudragupta, 3; under Chandragupta II, 4; under Kumāragupta I, 5-6; under Skandagupta, 6-7; its struggle with the Pushyamitras, 6-7; its decline and downfall, 7-11; its division, 9; no division (?), 226-7. Gupta kings, Later, of Magadha, 335. Hajipur hoard, 308. Half-Dināra, 105. Half-Śatamāna, 330; 335. Harigupta, king, 316-20. Harikānta (?), king 321. Hastings, Warren, 306. Hoards of Gupta coins, 305-16; 356 Horse-sacrifice of Samudragupta, 61-2; of Kumāragupta I, 200-2 Hugli hoard, 307 Hullanpur, actual findspot of the Bayana hoard, 310 Hūṇa invasions, 9-10 Hunter, Museum of, 306 Huvishka, a coin of, 37

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Imitations, Ancient, of Gupta gold coins, 343-6; their attribution, 334-5. Indianisation of types, 15-16; 42-3; 53; 57. Jayachand's Mahal, 307. Jayagupta, 11; 322. Jayanāga Prakāṇḍayaśas, 330-2; clay mould of his coins, 332-3. Jaunpur hoard, 309. Jessore hoard, 356; silver coins in it, 356. Jhusi hoard, 310. Jivitagupta, a Later Gupta king, 10. Kācha, king, 3; 21; his coin-type, 21; 78; 87; his identity, 78-87; same as Samudragupta (?), 79-81; different from Samudragupta (?) 81-2; same as Rāmagupta (?), 84-6; different from both (?) 87; chronological position further explained, 357. Kalighat hoard, 306. Kāñchī, 3. Kaneshko, 31; 37. Kārtikeya type, see Appendix IV. Kasarva hoard, 308. Khairital hoard, 213-5. King-and-Queen type, see Appendix IV. King-and-Queen-on-couch type, see Appendix IV. King-and-two-Queens type, not issued by Kumāragupta I, 207; issued by Samāchāradeva, 327-8. Kotwa hoard, 307. Kramāditya, *biruda* of Skandagupta, 123; 244; of Ghaṭotkacha-gupta, 248; of Virasena, 324. Kṛiṣhṇagupta, 10. Kṛiṣhṇarāja, a Kalachūri king, 253. Kṛiṣhṇagupta, a Later Gupta king, 319. Kshatrapa silver coinage, 151. Kumāradevī, queen of Chandragupta I, 27. Kushāṇas, 4.

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Kumāragupta I, career of, 5-6; his silver and copper currency, 6; 166; his coin-types in gold, 23-4; 165; their artistic merit, 166; for his *Apratigha*, Archer, *Aśvamedha*, *Chhatra* Elephant-rider, Elephant-rider Lion-slayer, Horseman, Kārtikeya, King-and-Queen, Lion-slayer, Lyrist, Rhinoceros-slayer, Swordman and Tiger-slayer types, see Appendix IV.

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Kumāragupta II, 8-9; coinage of, 265-7.

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Kumarkham hoard, 309.

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Kusumbhi hoard, 356.

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Lakshmī, see Appendix IV.

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Later Kushāṇa coinage, 29-30; 36-7.

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Legend in original script, Plates XX-XXVI.

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Lichchhavis, 2; 31.

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Matrimonial alliance, 2.

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Literary renaissance, 17.

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Lion-slayer type, see Appendix IV.

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Lyrist type, ,, ,, ,,

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*Ma*, its different forms on the same coin, 46; angular form, 225; circular form, 220.

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Mahārājādhirāja, title, importance of, 2.

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Mahendra or *Śrī-Mahendra* or *Mahendrāditya*, a title of Kumāragupta I, 169 ff.

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Mālava coinage, 161; 163; 253.

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Mary II, Queen of England, 31.

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Maukharis, 10.

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Metrical legends introduced by Samudragupta, 47.

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Metres in Gupta coin-legends, 17.

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Metrology of Gupta coinage, 293; not rigidly fixed, 294-5; Roman *aureus* weight adopted by the Kushāṇas, 295; not that of the *Suvarṇa*, 295; weight standard of 121, 124 and 127 grains; 295-6; coins of Chandragupta I follow 121 grains standard, 299; abnormally low weights explained, 296; metrology of the *Aśvamedha* and Standard types of Samudragupta, 299; coins of Chandragupta II issued to three weight standards, 299; 127 grains, the prevailing standard of Kumāragupta I, 299; his varieties have usually definite weight standards, 300; metrology of later Gupta kings follows the *Suvarṇa* standard, 300; alloy in Gupta coinage, 240; 295; coins known as Dīnāras, 300; half-Dīnāra, 300; metrology of silver and copper coins, 301.

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Mihirakula, king, 10.

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Mirzapur hoard, 308.

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Mithathal hoard, 309.

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Muhammadpur hoard, same as Jessore hoard, 356.

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Nab Kishan, discoverer of the Kalighat hoard, 306.

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Nāga coinage, 163.

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Nahapāṇa, coins of, 235.

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Nālandā discloses seals of Kumāragupta II, 262; of Vainyagupta, 281; clay moulds found at, 332; 355.

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Narasimhgupta Bālāditya, 8; 10; 26; 71; 269-71; mould of his coin, 355.

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Narendravinīta, title of Samāchāradeva, 324.

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Narendrasena, a Vākāṭaka king, 6.

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Numerals not denoted by lines or dots, 290; by letters, 215.

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Palaeography of Gupta coin-legends, 301-5.

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*Parākrama*, a *biruda* of Samudragupta, 44.

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Pattan hoard, 310.

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Portraiture on silver coingae, 228.

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Prabhāvatīguptā, daughter of Chandragupta II, 5.

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*Prakāśāditya*, 267, coinage of, 282-5; his identity, 283.

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Prasannamātra, coins of, 215.

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*Pratāpa* type, a wrong name, 207.

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Prices in Gupta age, 155.

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Prithuvīra, a king, 335-6.

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Punjab, Western, in Gupta empire, 4; 7; 158-9.

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Puroḍāśa, 43; in two parallel rows, 128.

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Purugupta, 267; did not issue coins, 262-3; identical with Prakāśāditya (?), 284.

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Rājādhirāja, not a subordinate title, 207.

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Rāmagupta, king, 4; his copper coins, 162-4; chapter on his coinage misplaced, 358.

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Rapti hoard, 310.

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Rhinoceros-slayer type, see Appendix IV.

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Rudrasena I, silver coins of, 153.

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Rudrasena, Vākāṭaka king, 5.

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Rūpākṛiti, meaning of, 134.

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Rupar, 338.

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Śaka Kshatrapas, 4-5.

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Sakori hoard, 309.

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Samāchāradeva, coins of, 324-8, his relation with Śaśāṅka, 325; seal of, 326.

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Samudragupta, 3-4; extent of his kingdom, 3; relations with Later Kushāṇas, 45; his Aśvamedha sacrifice, 20; his coin-types, 4; 19-20; 37; artistic excellence of some types, 21; did not issue silver and copper coins, 40; imitation of his type by Scythian kings, 45; growing Indianisation in his coin-types, 19-20; introduces metrical legends, 44; weights of his coins, 46.

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Sarvarājochchhettā, title of Kācha, 80; 88-9.

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Śaśāṅka, coinage of, 328-30.

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Satara district, Kumāragupta’s silver coins in, 6.

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Silver coins of the Guptas, when introduced, 150; Kshatrapa influence on, 151; the types of Chandragupta II, 151; its two classes, 152-4; type of bust on obv. and Garuḍa with legend below on rev. non-existent, 152; new types introduced by Kumāragupta I, 165-6; eight varieties of class I, 218-9; Rājādhirāja title on silver coins does not denote Yuvarāja 217; two varieties of class II, 221-3; two vareities of class III, 223-6; class IV (trident), 226-8;

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Madhyadeśa type, its special features, 228-30; portraiture on, 228; on a defective coin, 351-3; of Skandagupta, its types, classes and varieties, 251-8; Chaitya (?) type, 258-61; of Budhagupta, 278-80; silver coins in Jessore hoard ? 356.

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Silver-plated coins of Western India type, 332, of Madhyadeśa type, 233.

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Sinduradani, 27.

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Single letters between feet, 270.

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Skandagupta, his career, 7; war with Purugupta (?) 7; his gold and silver coinage, 240-61; for his Archer, *Chhatra*, Horseman and King-and-Lakshmī types, see Appendix IV.

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Successors of Skandagupta, 266-70.

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Sultanganj, 150.

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Symbols, no combination of letters, as on Indo-Bactrian and Indo-Scythian coins, 287; no religious significance, 289; not indicating mint cities, or mint masters, 289; not giving dates of issue, 290; not auspicious marks, 290; as decorative elements, 290-1; associated with particular varieties only in later times, 291; number reduced later, 288; two symbols on one coin rare, 285-6; usually one symbol on the reverse, exceptions to this rule, 292; their place on reverse, 288; symbols when dropped, 288; 293; symbol on obverse, non-existing, 293; 341.

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Sudhanyāditya, 335.

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Tanda hoard, 307.

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Tekri Debra (Mirzapur) hoard, 308.

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Tiger-slayer type, see Appendix IV.

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Toramāṇa, a Hūṇa king, 319.

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Traikūṭakas, 223.

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Tulasi-vṛndāvana, 43; 254-5.

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Tumain inscription, 264-5.

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Vainyagupta Dvādaśāditya, 9; 267; coinage of, 281-2.

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Vākāṭakas, their relations with the Guptas, 3; 5; king Rudrasena, 5, king Narendrasena, 6. Vikrama, title of Chandragupta II, 91. —————title of Budhagupta, 276. —————title of Samudragupta, 44; 51. Vīrasena, king, 323. Viṣṇugupta, 9; coinage of, 280-1. Warren Hastings, sends Hugli hoard to London, 306. William III, king of England, 31. Yaśodharman, a king, 10. Yūpa, its main features, 63-4; see also Appendix IV.

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| Grains | Grammes | Grains | Grammes | Grains | Grammes |
| 1 | .065 | 17 | 1.101 | 33 | 2.138 |
| 2 | .129 | 18 | 1.166 | 34 | 2.203 |
| 3 | .194 | 19 | 1.231 | 35 | 2.268 |
| 4 | .259 | 20 | 1.296 | 36 | 2.332 |
| 5 | .324 | 21 | 1.360 | 37 | 2.397 |
| 6 | .388 | 22 | 1.425 | 38 | 2.462 |
| 7 | .453 | 23 | 1.490 | 39 | 2.527 |
| 8 | .518 | 24 | 1.555 | 40 | 2.592 |
| 9 | .583 | 25 | 1.620 | 41 | 2.656 |
| 10 | .648 | 26 | 1.685 | 42 | 2.721 |
| 11 | .712 | 27 | 1.749 | 43 | 2.786 |
| 12 | .777 | 28 | 1.814 | 44 | 2.851 |
| 13 | .842 | 29 | 1.879 | 45 | 2.916 |
| 14 | .907 | 30 | 1.944 | 46 | 2.980 |
| 15 | .972 | 31 | 2.009 | 47 | 3.045 |
| 16 | 1.036 | 32 | 2.073 | 48 | 3.110 |

Linked texts (3)

Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
Devīcandragupta — Viśākhadatta, Sanskrit
Kāñchī