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even by their gods, till the jealousy of Vishnou sug- 

 gests the expedient of preaching, in the form of Budha, 

 tenets still more humane ; which, being adopted by 

 the Asuras, causes them to fall from the true religion ; 

 thence become liable to defeat, and accordingly they 

 are vanquished ; that is, the Brahman interest caused 

 a religious war against the Budh doctrines, admitted 

 to be more humane than the Vedanta; a fact well 

 known to be historical, though here clothed in a 

 mythic garb. Although the Asuras cannot be mis- 

 taken for Assyrians, they may, nevertheless, have 

 been original Hasaures, Asii or Arii, the Indo- Ger- 

 mans of history; for these have figured in northern 

 India for many ages, sometimes being taken for Indo- 

 Scythians, at others for Hyatili ; and it was probably 

 this last swarm of invaders which destroyed the city 

 of Valhabi in Gujrat, about the year 524 of our era. 

 The ravages of conquest, ended in this latter case, 

 were of temporary influence. The Rajpoots and Cat- 

 ties (Cuthaei), who were themselves only predecessors 

 of the Indo-Scythae, in the north-west of India, re- 

 covered their power on the east side of the Indus, and 

 still show the blood of High Asia in their stature 

 and colour, even to the extent of grey eyes and light 

 coloured hair, observable in some families ; though, in 

 general, they have high Arab or rather Hebrew fea- 

 tures. Perhaps the Sixth Avatar, where it is related 

 that Vishnou, in the form of Parasha Rama, de* 

 stroyed the Chetrie, Xeterie, or warrior caste, may 

 signify, that the Arkite Pandoo States were able to 



