Note 37 — VI THE COINAGE OF SOUTHERN INDIA

Hūn is a Hindustānī corruption of honnu, Kanarese for “a half pagoda”; Varāha is probably derived from the boar (varāha) cognizance on Eastern Chālukya coins; the origin of Pagoda, as introduced by the Portuguese and applied to this coin, is obscure, cf. Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson under “Pagoda.” The considerable variation in the weight of the pagodas issued by different dynasties may be due simply to different local standards; but if the Chālukyas were, as is supposed, of Gurjara origin, the heavier weights of their coins may reflect the influence of the “dramma.”