Note 19 — CHAPTER 30
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[These rude Indo-Sassanian coins, also known as Tātariya dirhams, are popularly called Gadhiya paisa, or “ass copper money,” because the worn-down representation of a fire temple was believed to be the head of an ass (Cunningham, Ancient Geography, 313; Elliot-Dowson i. 3, note; BG, i. Part i. 469, note). Gandharvasen, as a punishment for offending Indra, was condemned to assume the form of an ass during the day: he consorted with a princess, and their offspring was Vikramāditya (Asiatic Researches, vi. 35 f.; W. Ward, The Hindoos, 2nd ed. i. 22).]