The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.91
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.91
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history as may be recovered from the past are given elsewhere¹; and the indigenous coins which can be attributed to this period add little to our knowledge. The only inscribed specimen yet discovered bears the name of the city in its Prākrit form, *Ujeni* (Pl. V, 18). Other coins have a type which has been supposed to represent the god Çiva (Pl. V, 19), whose temple stood in the Mahākāla forest to the north of the city. It was destroyed by the Muhammadans in the thirteenth century A.D., and the present temple was built on its site.