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of the 28th year of Huviṣka speaks of the deposit of 550 purāṇas ( E. I. vol. XXI. p. 55 at 61). Bhāskarācārya (who was born in śake 1036 and wrote his Siddhāntaśiromaṇi in 1072 śake i. e. 1150 A. D. ) gives the following table ( in Līlāvatī I. 2-4 ) : 20 varāṭakas = kākiṇī, 4 kākiṇīs = paṇa, 16 paṇas = dramma, 16 drammas = niṣka ; 2 yavas = guñjā, 3 guñjās = valla ( modern Marathi *vāl* ), 8 vallas = dharaṇa, 2 dharaṇas = gadyāṇaka ; 5 guñjās = māṣa, 16 māṣas = karṣa, 4 karṣas = pala and a karṣa of gold is called Suvarṇa. It will be seen that Nār. and Līlāvatī differ as to काकिणी. Gadyāṇakas of gold are referred to in the Paṭṭadakal pillar Ins. of Kīrtivarman I ( 754 A. D. ), where it is stated that a field of 30 nivartanas was purchased for thirty gadyāṇakas of gold ( E. I. vol. III. pp. 6-7). From a verse of the Caturviṁśatimata quoted by the Mit. on Yāj. III. 258 it appears that gadyāṇaka was also a silver coin. From an inscription of Vikramāditya V near Gadag dated śake 934 it appears that fines for offences were levied in gadyāṇakas ( E. I. vol. XX p. 64). The following works may be consulted for further information on Indian coins viz. Cunningham's ' Coins of Ancient India ' ( 1894 ), Rapson's ' Indian coins ' ( 1897) in the *Grundriss*, C. J. Brown's ' Coins of India ' (in ' the Heritage of India ' series, 1922 ). The Dharmadvaitanirṇaya (pp. 137-139) and the Vaijayantī on Viṣṇu Dh. S. IV.