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In the Viflinu-purana we read, " unto Nanda (hall 

 " be born nine Ions ; Cotifya^ his miniixer fhall de- 

 *< ftrov them, and place Chandra-Gupta on the throne. " 



In the Bhagawat we read, u from the womb of &- 

 <f c/W, Nanda ihall be born. His eldeft ion will be 

 ''* called Sumalyay and he fhall have eight tons more ; 

 4f thefe, a Brahmen (called ColUya, Vatfayana, and Cha- 

 " wr/m/ in the commentary) ihall deitroy, after theiti 

 " a Maurya fhall reign in the Cali-yiiF. This Brdh- 

 " wtfB will place Chandra-Gupta on the throne." In 

 the Brahatcatha it is faid, that this revolution was ef- 

 fected in feven days, and the nine children of Nanda 

 put to death. In the Camaudaca, Chanacyas is called 

 Fijhnu-Gufta. The following is an abitract of the 

 hiftory of Ckandra-Gujpta from the Mudra-Racfhafa : 



Nanda, king of Prachi, was the fon oiMaha Nandi, 



by a female Have of the Sudra tribe : hence Nanda 

 was called a Sudra. He was a good' king, juft and 

 equitable, and paid due refpect to the Brahmens : he 

 was avaricious, but he reipected his lubjects. He was 

 originally king of Magada, now called South-Bahar, 

 which had been in the poiieilion of his anceftors lince 

 the days of Qrijhna ; by the ftrength of his arm he lub- 

 dued all the kings of the country, and like another 

 Parafu-liama deltroyed the remnants of the C/kettris. 

 He had two wives, Halnavati and Mura. By the firii 

 he had nine ions/ called the Sumalyadlcas, from the 

 elder! , whofe name was Sutnalya (though in the dra- 

 mas, he is called Sarvarikajidaki) ; bv Mura he had 

 Chandra-Gupta, and many others, who were known 

 by the general appellation of Maiuyas, becaufe they 

 were born of Mura, 



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