Major Tod, on an Inscriptmi at Madhucarghar. 219 



Society) is written in Sanscrit by Raja-Vallabha the disciple of Mahi 

 TiLACA SuRi, a priest of the Dliarma ghosha gach'ha, belonging to the Jaina 

 sect. He is also the author of the Bh6ja-Prabandha.* When and where he 

 wrote, though not specified, may be presumed to have been at Dhdrdnagarl, 

 while Riijd Bhoja was still alive.* 



The first canto contains an account of the adoption of Munja, and the 

 birth of Bhoja ; with the conversion of Dhana-pala to the Jaina faith. 

 Dhana-pala was the son of the celebrated Vararuchi', one of the distin- 

 guished wise men at Bh6ja's court, and was given for adoption, in conse- 

 quence of a vow, to the Jaina priest, Siddha Sena A'charya. Vararuchi 

 became a most distinguished character for wisdom : and is probably the 

 Dhanwantari, one of the nine gems of Dlidr. Raja Bhoja was himself in 

 secret a proselytet to the Jaina doctrines ; as were many of the princes of 

 that and the preceding age : particularly the dynasty of Nehrwala, which is 

 mentioned by El Edrisi. The little, which we know of the Parihura dynasty, 

 mentions its princes making profession of that religion : and certainly, in 

 their ancient and now ruined capital Mand6dri,X the few temples left by the 

 Muhammedans are of Jaina structure. 



Sixdhu-Raja was Lord of Dhdrdnagari. He had no offspring. Accident 

 led him to find the child Munja, § whom he adopted. 



Abul Fazil, who industriously made use of these historical fragments in 

 his Institutes of Akbar, says, the foundling was discovered in a field of 

 Mu7ijf(, whence his name.^T 



SiNUHu had a son, after this, who was named Sind'hula : but the great 

 talents of the adopted child maintained the priority in the affections of 

 Sind'hc. It is necessary to repeat the story whicb determined Sind'hu to 

 resign the sceptre of Dhdrd and Avanli to Munja; because it introduces 

 the name of his minister, who is mentioned in the most valuable of the in- 

 scriptions, that on marble, from the ancient fortress of Madhucara-garh. 



• See Note F. 



f May not the fable of his metamoq)hosis, and resuming his shape, refer to his adoption of the 

 Jaina doctrines? 



% Four miles N. E of Jddhpur, the present capital o{ Marwdr. 



§ See Note G. 

 % See Note H. 



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