Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Excerpt from On the Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon: With a Discussion of the Ceylon Date of the Buddha's Death Just as I go to press I learn that there are some coins in found in Ceylon inscriptions. If not, they are probably im the Colombo Museum with illegible inscriptions in square Pali portations from India. Characters. It would be interesting to learn whether they bear 3 In his introductory essay to the Numismata Orientalia, any of the signs, such as j or s, which have only as yet been 'ancient Indian Weights, ' p. 40. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.