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name, Bala-dha-paltan : but they were better known 

 under the name of Bhli-pura^ and Mahd-Bdli-pura, 

 pronounced Mavelivorayn in the Deccan. One was 

 on tlie Coast of Cot^omandel, south of Madras ; the 

 second, in the inland country of Beder, in the Penin- 

 sula ; and the third, on the banks of the Ganges : this 

 is acknowledged to be Rdja-gnha, or Rqja-mahl, the 

 royal mansion, or city ; and which we must not 

 confound with Rqja-gnka, the royal abode of 

 old Sand'ha. It is true, that according to some 

 legends, current in the Deccan, the founder of Maha- 

 Bdli-piira, was Bali the Daitya, an antediluvian : 

 but other legends refer its foundation to Bala, the 

 brother of Crishna : and the principal circumstances 

 of these legends shew, that it is taken from 

 the Purdnas ; and that it is the story of the wars of 

 CmsHNA, and Bala, or Bala-ka'ma with Ba'na'- 

 suRA, who lived in the countries bordering upon the 

 Ganges ; and whose place of abode is still shewn 

 near Purneah: and about whom, many wonderful 

 stories are related by the inhabitants. This Bali 

 is then the same with Bala, the brother of Crishna : 

 and in Lexicons we find a certain Angada, said to be 

 called also Bali-putra in a derivative form, or the 

 son of Bala, or Bali : but in the Purdnas he is said 

 to be the son of Gada, also a brother of Crishna, 

 to whom he gave the district of Ghdzipoor, the true 

 name of which, is Gddi-pura^ from Gada. The 

 country of Canouge fell also to his lot : and from him 

 that city is also denominated Gddipoor^ or G a da-pur a. 

 Vali was also the name of a chief of the monkies, 

 and his son was equally called Angada. Ban'a'sura 

 built three cities, which Bala took, and destroyed; 

 and then rebuilt, for his children, calling them after 

 his own name J5^/i-/?wrfi! ; as Gada called his own 

 place of abode Gddi-pura. The children of Bala 

 are not mentioned in the Purdn'as, and he is never 

 called Ba'li there : but it is admissible, particularly 

 in composition. He is also called Hala and Ha'li : 



