Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c13.8

c13.8

Bahādar (A.D. 1777–99); coins of 1787 and 1790 = Śāka 1709 and 1712; reverse central circle enclosing dagger with wreath, and the legend *Śrī Bhavānī*; marginal legend in ornaments *Śrī Śrī Gorakhnātha*. One gold and two silver coins of Gīrvān, Yuddha Vikrama (A.D. 1799–1816); obverse date, 1724 Śāka = A.D. 1802, 1730 Śāka = A.D. 1808, 1737 Śāka = A.D. 1815; reverse, central circle enclosing sword or dagger with wreath and the legend *Śrī Śrī Śrī Bhavānī*; marginal legend in ornaments, *Śrī Śrī Śrī Gorakhnātha*. Four silver coins of Rājendra Vikrama (A.D. 1816–47); dates on obverse 1738, 1742, 1745 and 1746, Śāka = A.D. 1816, 1820, 1823 and 1824; reverse, central circle enclosing dagger with wreath and the legend *Śrī Bhavānī*; marginal legend in ornaments *Śrī Śrī Śrī Gorakhnātha*. Two gold coins, of Surendra Vikrama A.D. 1847; date on obverse, 1794 Śāka = A.D. 1842; reverse central circle enclosing legend *Śrī Śrī Śrī Bhavānī*; marginal legend in ornaments *Śrī Gorakhnātha*. And six silver coins; obverse dates Śāka 1771, 1773, 1775, 1780, 1780 and 1794 = A.D. 1849, 1851, 1853, 1858, 1858, and 1872; reverse *Śrī Śrī Śrī Bhavānī* and as on others *Śrī Śrī Śrī Gorakhnātha*. One silver coin of Pṛthvī Vira Vikrama; obverse, date 1806 Śāka = A.D. 1884; reverse, central circle enclosing dagger with wreath and legend, *Śrī Bhavānī*, and marginal legend in ornaments, *Śrī Śrī Śrī Gorakhnātha*.