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parv&tefwara took the field with a formidable army, 

 accompanied by his brother Virochana and his own 

 Ton Malay a-Cetu. The confederates foon came in fight 

 of the capital of the king of Pracki, who put himffelf 

 at the head of his forces, and went out to meet them. 

 A battle was fought, wherein Ugradhanwa was defeated, 

 after a dreadful carnage, in which he himfelf loft his 

 life. The city was immediately furrounded, and 

 Sawartha-Siddhii the governor, feeing it impoflible to 

 hold out againii fo powerful an enemy, fled to the 

 / "indhyan mountains, and became an anchoret. Racjkaja 

 went over to Parvdtefwara *. Chandra-Gupta, being 

 firmly eftablifhed on the throne, deftroyed the Sumalya- 

 dicas, and difmifled the allies, after having liberally 

 rewarded them for their affiftance : but he kept the 

 Varans or Greeks, and refufed to give the half of the 

 kingdom of V radii to Parvdtefucara } whoj being 

 unable to enforce his claim, returned to his own 

 country meditating vengeance. By the advice of 

 Racjhafa he fent a perfon to deflroy Chandra-Gupta', 

 but Vifhnn-Gupta, fufpecting the deiign, not only ren- 

 dered it abortive, but turned it back upon the author, 

 by gaining over the aflaflin to his intereft, whom he 

 engaged to murder Parvdtefwara - 9 which the villain 

 accordingly effected. 'Racjhafa urged Mataya-Cetu to 

 revenge his father's death, but though pleafed with 

 the fuggeftion, he declined the enterprize, reprefent- 

 ing to his councellor, that Chandra- Gupta fead a large 

 body of Yavans or Greeks in his pay, had fortified his 

 capital, and placed a numerous garifon in it, with 

 guards of elephants at all the gates ; and finally, by 

 the defection of their allies, who were either Overawed, 

 by his power, or conciliated by his favour, had fo 

 firmly eftablifhed his authority, that no attempt could 

 be made againft him with any profpect of fuccefs. 



* Ratjbdfa on hearing of the death of Sacatara returned, and 

 became prime minifter of Ugra-dkamva. 



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