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rope. They would be stopped at every step, and oc- 

 casionally confined ; and instead of alms, they would 

 receive insults only from the lower classes. 



But the most famous of all, was the embassy sent 

 by PoRUs to Augustus : the embassadors went to 

 Spain, where he was at that time, 24 years B. C. ac- 

 cording to Orosius; and the purport of their com- 

 mission was to enter into an alliance with him. But, 

 as some time was spent before any progress could be 

 made in this affair, other embassadors were sent by 

 PoRus, some years after, when they found the Em- 

 peror at Samos. This Porus in his letter boasted, 

 that he was lord paramount over 600 kings ; and, in 

 the supplement to the Bhavishi/a-purdn'a, it is de- 

 clared, that no less than 800 kings were the vassals 

 of the famous Vicrama'ditya. With them were, 

 also embassadors from Pandiox, king of the south- 

 ern parts o^ the Peninsula ; and they had in their 

 train a Bt^ahmen, a native of Brigiigosha (now Ba- 

 roach) called Chad-ga the Sannana, Zarmaxos 

 Chagas. He chose to remain behind, and attached 

 himself to Augustus, in whose service he remained 

 for some time, in the capacity, it seems, of an augur 

 or soothsayer.* 



When the Emperor was at Athens, C'had'ga the 

 Sarmana caused himself to be initiated mto the sa- 

 cred mysteries, though it was not the usual time; and 

 soon after he voluntarily ended his days on a funeral 

 pile. Calanus followed Alexander of his own 

 accord, and ascended likewise the funeral pile at 

 Pasargada. There was even a large detachment of 



* Strabo. Dio, Plutarch and Nicol. Damascen. 



