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On the other hand 28 new inembers have joined the society . Our library now contains nearly 1,400 volumes . It has been enriched during the year by the purchase inter alia of 200 volumes of well - known editions of Sanskrit texts .
On the other hand 28 new inembers have joined the society . Our library now contains nearly 1,400 volumes . It has been enriched during the year by the purchase inter alia of 200 volumes of well - known editions of Sanskrit texts .
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They bear on the obverse a standing figure of the king , with his right hand extended over a fire altar ; and on the reverse a figure of the moon god . From the character of the letters in the word Tanka , which occurs on one ( only ) ...
They bear on the obverse a standing figure of the king , with his right hand extended over a fire altar ; and on the reverse a figure of the moon god . From the character of the letters in the word Tanka , which occurs on one ( only ) ...
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On the other hand it is interesting to find that many ceremonies and beliefs of relatively advanced communities have their counterpart amongst the Birhöșs and may therefore be regarded as survivals from very ancient times .
On the other hand it is interesting to find that many ceremonies and beliefs of relatively advanced communities have their counterpart amongst the Birhöșs and may therefore be regarded as survivals from very ancient times .
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... have been fortuitous , shows that the theory that these marks were affixed haphazard by sbroffs and moneyers through whose hands the coins passed cannot be maintained , and that the present coins in fact constitute a " coinage .
... have been fortuitous , shows that the theory that these marks were affixed haphazard by sbroffs and moneyers through whose hands the coins passed cannot be maintained , and that the present coins in fact constitute a " coinage .
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... chanced to come into their hands . But my tabulation of the marks occurring on the coins of the present collection tends directly to a refutation of this view . The above - mentioned group of 5 symbols occurs on 20 of the 61 coins ...
... chanced to come into their hands . But my tabulation of the marks occurring on the coins of the present collection tends directly to a refutation of this view . The above - mentioned group of 5 symbols occurs on 20 of the 61 coins ...
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| Title | The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 5 |
| Author | Bihar Research Society |
| Published | 1919 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2008 |
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