THE KIXGS OF MACADHA, 105 



of Mlrabagosseyx, whose descendants add the 

 epithet of De v a to their proper names, and the chief 

 of the fiunily is considered as a 2;od. There is then 

 every reason to heheve that ^Ski-De va-Pa'la-De'va 

 claimed equally a divine origin: and as he was origi- 

 nally from the same country (7 cm da, in ]\[dliva, it 13 

 probable that he belonged to the same family. 



For by Gauda we must not by any means nnder^- 

 stand Bengal: which, as far as I can recollect, is 

 never thus called in any book I ever met v.ith. Its 

 metropolis is indeed called Gaud'i from the goddess 

 of that name, who vvas worshipj)ed there : hence it is 

 with propriety called Gaiirigosfta (Corygaza) by Pto- 

 lemy. But Gaiida, as the name of a country, does 

 not seem to be in the least connected with that of the- 

 goddess Gaiidi. 



In the names of six kings, mentioned in the grant 

 found at Mongir, we find the adjunct pala, which 

 seems to be characteristic of that branch of the 

 Ha I HAY A tribe. 



The Hathaya tribe, to which the And'hra family 

 belongs, claims for their ancestor Haipiaya, the son 

 of the godlike Yadu, and the grandson of Nahu- 

 sha, or Noah: Mahishma'n, the fourth in descent 

 from him, built Mahishnuiti, now ChauU-mahcs'zcara 

 on the Narmadd. The fourth descendant of the last 

 mentioned was Critavjrya, whose son was the fa- 

 mous Cartavirya, to whom divine honors are paid 

 to this day. 



There is a dynasty of Ha in ay as, mentioned h\ 

 the Piirdn'as, who have no connection with the Ax- 

 d'hra dynasty; and they are introduced as possessed 

 of some district, tlie situation and name of whicii 

 arc omitted; but it was probably the country of An- 



