[302] Bühler, Palaeographie, p. 2, speaks of Greek coins of a period anterior to Alexander, found in northern India. More complete information may be found in Indian Coins, by E. J. Rapson, Strassburg, 1898, pp. 3-7.
[303] Oppert, loc. cit., p. 14; and to him is due other similar information.
[304] J. Beloch, Griechische Geschichte, Vol. III, Strassburg, 1904, pp. 30-31.
[305] E.g., the denarius, the words for hour and minute (ὥρα, λεπτόν), and possibly the signs of the zodiac. [R. Caldwell, Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages, London, 1856, p. 438.] On the probable Chinese origin of the zodiac see Schlegel, loc. cit.
[306] Marie, Vol. II, p. 73; R. Caldwell, loc. cit.
[307] A. Cunningham, loc. cit., p. 50.
[308] C. A. J. Skeel, Travel, loc. cit., p. 14.
[309] Inchiver, from inchi, "the green root." [Indian Antiquary, Vol. I, p. 352.]
[310] In China dating only from the second century A.D., however.
[311] The Italian morra.