10(3 ESSAY ON* 



dlira in the Dcccan. A powerful tribe of these 

 Haihayas, accorchng to tlie Puran'as (as I have been 

 lately informed.) lived in the countries on the banks 

 of the Ganges, in the time of king Sagara; but in 

 consequence of their ill behaviour to him and his son, 

 he was obliged to drive them out of India, except a 

 few, who held the conduct of their relations in ab- 

 horrence. Tradition says, that they withdrew to 

 western countries, where it is added that they were 

 better known under the names of Parasicas, Asva^ 

 miichas or horse-faced, and that of Asva pati for the 

 title of their kings. This traditionary legend origi- 

 nates probably from their name, Haihaya, implying 

 horses, or horsemen : Pliny mentions a nation in 

 Pei'sia called Hyi. 



The Carn'a of the Maha-Bharata, to whom 

 Ja,r'a-sa\d"ha gave the country of Bhagkpoor, can- 

 iiot be the same, who dethroned the king of Jla- 

 gacDia ; for this king was blind and deaf, and the 

 usurper was his prime minister: but Jar'a-sand'ha 

 was in the full enjoyment of his bodily faculties, 

 -twhen he was put to death by CRisitN.A, or rather 

 -BiifMA. The first is called Car^^'a, and the usurper 

 Mah'a-Car'ni. This last is famous, all over Tnd'ia^ 

 and even as far as Malaca, and the adjacent islands, 

 according to Mr. IVIarsden ; wlio says, that they 

 have legends there, mentioning ]\1aha'-Carx'a, and 

 a lion possessing surprising powers, and shooting 

 arrows at him. This lion they call Singa-sactee, 

 (Sinha-'sacti,) and Singa-rajoon (Sinha-ra'ja*). 

 lie is mentioned also in the grant of the king of 

 Tagara, inserted in th.e fust volume of the Asiatic 

 Researches, and his munificence and libcrr.lity are 

 there highly praised. King Bho'ja, in his address 



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