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Brdhmens, and was the cause of their persecution 

 of the Boudhas, corresponds with, and is sup- 

 ported by, the information given to Aboolfuzul, 

 who says, " The Brahmens call Boodh the ninth 

 " Avatar, but assert that the religion which is as- 

 " cribed to him is false, and fabricated by some 

 *' other person *." 



* See further his account of this religion, in the Third Volume 

 of Gladwin's Translation of the Ayeen Akhery, page 157. 



