[39] The capabilities of this river have not been here over-rated; a mission lately sent down it by the Governor-General, under Captain Wade, has verified the facts above recorded.
[40] Seven Pounds.
[41] A gold solidus of the Lower Empire was also found at Khoju oban, of rude fabrication; it is either of Marcianus, or more probably Mauricius: inscription, DN MAVRC..TIb PP AVG.; on the reverse an angel holding the cross and globe, with VICTORIA AVGGG, and below, CONOB.
[42] By way of convenience to those who have not the power of reference respecting the history of Bactria, I subjoin a catalogue of its kings, according to the authority of Schlegel.—Journal Asiatique, 1828, p. 326.
| B.C. 255. | Theodotus I. | Fixed historically by Strabo, &c. |
| 243. | Theodotus II. | |
| 220. | Euthydemus of Magnesia. | |
| 195. | Appollodotus Soter. Menander Nikator. | Alluded to by Plutarch, Trogus, and Arrian. Their coins prevalent in Baroach, A. D. 200. |
| Heliocles Dikaios. | On the authority of Visconti and Mionnet, from a single medal. | |
| Demetrius. | Son of Euthydemus: doubtful if he reigned in Bactria. | |
| 181. | Eucratides I. | Artemidorus calls him the “Great king.” |
| 146. | Eucratides II. | Murdered his father, and was himself slain. |
| 125. | Destruction of the empire by the Tartars and the Scythians or Sacæ. | |
[43] Csoma’s Life of Sakya, M.S.
[44] Orient. Mag. IV. 108.
[45] See Col. Tod’s Coins, 11. 14.; Mr. Wilson’s Plates, figs. 1, 2. 6. 7.; and Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Plate II. figs. 17. and 18.
[46] See translation of portions of the Salsette and Ellora inscriptions, by Major Wilford (Asiatic Researches, vol. xiv.); which shows them all to refer by name to Sakya. Mr. A. Stirling (Asiatic Researches, vol. xv. p. 314.) says of some similar inscriptions on the Udaya Giri hill in Orissa:—“The Brahmans refer the inscription, with horror and disgust, to the time when the Buddhist doctrines prevailed. I cannot, however, divest myself of the notion, that the character has some connection with the ancient Prakrit; and I think an explanation is to be looked for only from some of the learned of the Jain sect.” What has become of the key to this and other ancient Sanscrit alphabets, which Wilford says he fortunately discovered in the possession of an ancient sage at Benares?
[47] “Ce qui me parait la circonstance la plus remarquable dans ces medailles, ce sont ces preuves du culte Brahmanique adopté par les rois Tartares. Ils régnaient donc certainement sur des provinces où ce culte était établi.”—Journal Asiatique, Nov. 1828.