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out observing, that even the close of it is manifestly 

 fabulous and poetical, with hardly more appearance 

 of historical truth than the tale of Troy, or of the 

 Argonauts ; lor Yudhishfhir, it seems, was the son 

 of Dherma, the Genius of Justice ; Bhima of Pavan, 

 or the God of Wind ; Arjun of Indra, or the Firma- 

 ment ; JSacul and Sa/iadeva, of the two Cumars, the 

 Castor and Pollux of India ; and Bhishma, their re- 

 puted great uncle, was the child of Ganga, or the 

 Ganges, by Santanu, whose brother Dei-api is sup- 

 posed to be still alive in the city of Calapa ; all which 

 fictions may be charming embellishments of an heroic 

 poem, but are just as absurd in civil history as the 

 descent of two royal families from the Sun and the 

 Moon. 



FOURTH AGE. 



CHILDREN OF THE 



S U N. 



M OON, 



Urucriya, 

 Vatsavriddha, 

 Prativyoma, 

 Bhanu, 



5. Devaca, 

 Sahadeva, 

 Vira, 



Vrihadaswa, 

 Bhanumat, 



10. Praticaswa, 

 Supratica, 



Janamejaya, 

 Satanica, 

 Sahasranica, 

 Aswamedhaja, 

 Asimacrishna, 

 Nemichacra, 

 Upta, 



Chitrarat'ha, 

 Suchirat'ha, 

 D; ritimat, 

 Sushena > 



10. 



K 4 



