THE KINGS OF MAGADHA. 10 1 



*SuxDRACA, SiPRACA, or Sind'huca bcgaii then hi« 

 reign in the year ipi of the Christian era. 



From Chandragupta's accession to the throne, 

 . 515 B. C. to the year I90 A. C. there are 505 years; 

 but during this period the chronological particulars, 

 from the Purdn'as, are not to be easily reconciled 

 with the general outlines which I have traced out. 

 According to the Pur etnas, there were ten Maury a 

 kings, who ruled 1S9 years: these were succeeded 

 by the Sunga dynast}', consisting of ten kings also, 

 and Vicramamitra was the eighth of that dy- 

 nasty. 



The next was that of the Canrcas, consisting of 

 four kings ; then 'Suduaca succeeded to the throno 

 in the year I9I. Thus we have six reigns, the last 

 of the Sunga dynasty, and the four Camvas only, to 

 fill up a space of 246" years; which is impossible. 



These Camvas, are said to have reigned 345 

 years; which is slill more extravagant. It is ob- 

 vious, that there is some gross error in the context ; 

 to rectify which, in a satisfactory manner, can hardly 

 be expected. It is my humble opinion, that a dy- 

 nasty is omitted here; and that dynasty is that of 

 the seven Axd'hras, mentioned in the Brahmanday 

 Vcuju, Bhagavata, and Vishnu Puranas ; but out of 

 its place. In some Purdn'as, the And'iiha dynasty 

 is made to consist of seven, and in others .of nine, 

 kings. In one it is said, that they reigned 30O 

 years ; in another only 250 years. 



The And'hras made a most conspicuous figure on 

 the banks of the Ganges for above 800 years, under 

 three distinct dynasties. The first was called simply 

 the And'hra dynasty; and its kings were considered 

 as pure and genuine Axd'hras. The second dynasty 

 is that of the And'hra-Ja'ticas, or of the family 



