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which we know Vara'ha Mihira must have flou- 

 rished, according to the positions of the planets, &c. 

 given by him in his works, as well as from the 

 date of the Bhasvati, composed in A. D. 1099^ by 

 one of his pupils. Raja Bhoja, according to the 

 Jgni PuraJia, was succeeded by Raja Vicrama. 



Bararuchi, one of the nine above-mentioned, 

 was the author of a popular Work, entitled Sinhd- 

 sana dwdtrinsati, relating to Raja Bhoja. The 

 names of Ca'lida's, Bararuchi, &c. are to be met 

 with in the Bhoja Champu^ as also in the Bhoja 

 Prabaiidha, from which last-mentioned work the 

 following passage is taken : — 



*' The Brdhmens seeing him (i. e. Ca'lida's) said 

 ■ — O Ca'lida's, Bhoja does not give us, who are 

 learned in all the Vedas, any thing.'''' 



Several other passages might be quoted from the 

 Bhoja Prabandha, to shew that Ca'lida's, Bara- 

 ruchi, and a great many other learned men whose 

 names are therein mentioned, lived at the court of 

 Bhoja. The Bhoja Prabandha, is said to have been 

 written by Raja Bulla'la Se'na. 



We may now plainly perceive, from the whole 

 of the above facts, tlie little dependence there is to 

 be placed on what is usually called the universal or 

 general opinion of the //iwf/^^*; which when tho- 

 roughly sifted and examined to the bottom, proves 

 at last to be founded, principally, in vanity, igno- 

 rance, and credulity. 



A great deal more might be said, respecting the 

 history and astronomy of the Hindus ; but having 

 already extended this paper to a much greater 

 length than I originally intended, I shall now take 

 leave of- the subject; 



