[92] De Guigne’s ‘Histoire des Huns,’ vol. ii. p. 40, et seqq.
[93] ‘Mahawanso,’ p. 71.
[94] ‘Ariana Antiqua,’ p. 43.
[95] ‘Ariana Antiqua,’ plate 10.
[96] Vassilief, ‘Le Bouddhisme, ses Dogmes,’ &c., Paris, 1865, p. 31, et passim. He spells the words Makhaiana and Khinaiana.
[97] Beal’s translation, p. 26.
[98] Honigberger, ‘Reise.’
[99] Mr. Masson’s account was communicated to Professor Wilson, and by him published in his ‘Ariana Antiqua,’ with lithographs from Mr. Masson’s sketches which, though not so detailed as we could wish, are still sufficient to render their form and appearance intelligible.
[100] The length of time over which these coins range—more than 200 years—is sufficient to warn us what caution is requisite in fixing the date of buildings from their deposits. A tope cannot be earlier than the coins deposited in it, but, as in this case, it may be one or two hundred years more modern.
[101] ‘Ariana Antiqua,’ p. 109.