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The reverse legend was read by R. G. Bhandarkar (B.G., I, ii, p. 153) as *Gotamiputa Kumara Yaña Sātakaṇi Chaturapaṇasa*, ‘of Chaturapaṇa Yajña Sātakaṇi, prince of Gotamiputra’, the reverse legend giving the name of the prince viceroy Chaturapaṇa and the obverse one of the ruling king Yajña-śrī. Bhagwanlal Indraji read it [*Chatarapaṇasa*] *Gotamiputasha kumaru Yaña Hātakaṇi*. He thought that the legend showed that Yajña-śrī was the son of Chaturapaṇa. D. R. Bhandarkar’s reading was *Gotamiputa Kshahara Yaña Hāta(kaṇi)*. He connected Kshaharu with Chhahara occurring in the Taxila plate of Patika.²