THE KINGS OF MAGADHA. S7 



In tlie l^is/um, Brahm/inda, and Vaiju Purdnas,"\t 

 is tieclaretl, that from the beginning of" the Cali-ijuga^ 

 to jMaha-Nanda's accession to tlie throne there 

 were exactly 1015 years. This emperor reii^ned ;8 

 years; his sons 12; in all 40; when Chandragupta 

 ascended the throne, 31.5 years B. C. TheCali-ifuga 

 then began 13/0 B. C. or 1314 before Vicra- 

 ma'ditya : and this is confirmed by an observation 

 of the place of the Solstices, made in the time of 

 Para'sa'ra, and which, according to Mr. Davis, 

 happened 1391 years B. C. or nearly so. Para'- 

 sa'ra, the father of Vy'asa, died a little before the 

 beginning of the Cali-yuga.' It is remarkable that 

 the first observations of the Colures, in the west, 

 were made 1353 years before Christ, about the same 

 time nearly, according to Mr. Bailly. 



In the same Pitranas, it is also declared, that, from 

 the Diinasty of the Nandas, to king PulimaV, 

 there would elapse 835 years. Puloma', or Lomadt, 

 called PouLOMiEN, Oulomjen, and Oulomiento, in 

 the annals of China, died in the year (548, according 

 to De Guignes. This passage from the Brahmcm'da 

 is obscure, being in a prophetical style: tlie words 

 are: 'From the birth of Paricshita to Nanda 

 (I suppose his accession to the throne) there will be 

 1015 years: from Nanda to Puloma' and the An- 

 DHRAs, 836 years.' Nanda died 5^17 years B. C. and 

 Puloma in the year 6i8, according to the Annals of 

 China: the difference is Q75 years, instead of S3G. 



If we suppose that the 836 years are to he reck- 

 oned, from the end o^ t\\Q Dynasty o^ Nanda, in- 

 stead of the death of their primogenitor, the num- 

 bers will agree perfectly well. This Dynasty lasted, 

 either 137, or 139 years, according to the Ftirands ; 

 which, added to 836, give exactly 975, the number 

 of 3'ears ret^uired. 



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