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acquisition, that lie turned his attention to Mughal coins, and

left the ancient coins to Ms friend General (afterwards Sir
Alexander) Cunningham, Nevertheless the Indo-Greek sec-
tion of Ms Cabinet was not to be despised^ and it was very
strong in the copper series. The Government Collection
contained some good Greek coins, and there were a few
very fine specimens in a small but valuable supplementary
Colleetion5 which is described in the Government Collection
Catalogue, and was apparently purchased en bloc, probably
from Mr. C. J. Eodgers himself, by means of a special grant
Then there were also the coins purchased from time to time
during the nineteen years which have elapsed since the
production of Mr. Eodgers' Catalogue,

The Indo-Greek coins of the Bleazby Collection were pur*
chased for the Lahore Museum in the year 1911. They cost
£8009 and this expenditure was met in equal shares by the
Government of India, and by the Panjab Government, The
splendid Collection of which they formed part, was made by
Mr. G, B. Bleazby, late of the Financial Department of the
Government of India, during a long career spent in North-
West India.

It was felt that the time had arrived for the incorporation
of all these coins into one combined Collection, and for the
production of a new Greek Catalogue. I was asked to carry
out this work. A new Catalogue of the combined Mughal
coins in the Lahore Museum has been prepared simultaneously
with this volume.

For convenience of treatment I have divided this work
into three parts, to each of which I have written a brief Intro-
duction. The first treats of the coins of the Greek Kings of
Bactria and India. The second describes the issues of the
Indo-ScytMans and of the Indo-Parthians, and the third the
coins of the Kushans. The distinction between Indo-
Scythians and Indo-Parthians is at present largely con-
ventional. In Volume I of the recently-produced Indian