THE KINGS OF MAGADHA. 10.9 



on the site of which an indigo factory now stands. 

 He is called there 'Sui-Carn'e'swara, or simply 

 Carn'e'swara, perfectly answering to Sri'-Carna- 

 De'va. The oj)posite rocks in the Ganges ^vere 

 known by the name of Carnagiri, or the hill of 

 Carina'. Tliere lived the old kiufi; of JUagacFha, blind 

 and deaf; and in that state of infirmity, this was 

 certainly a very comfortable place for him to live in. 

 It does not appear that ^Sri-Carx a-De'va used him 

 ill : certainly, the good old man could no longer act, 

 or appear as a sovereign. Be this as it may, from 

 that circumstance the old king was nicknamed 

 Ambu-vicha, or he who resides in the middle of 

 waters. 



There was also another king of Alagadlia, called 

 Carn'a with the surname of Daha'riya ; because 

 he generally resided at a place called Dakar a, be- 

 tween Mong\r and Surujgurh ; and inserted in Major 

 Rennell's atlas. This C'arn'a is mentioned in an 

 Epic Poem, entitled the wars of Prit'hu-Ra ja, in the 

 spoken dialects ; and part of which is in my posses- 

 sion. Prit'hu-Raja waged war against Sultan 

 GoRT, in the year 1192 of the Christian era. The 

 king of Magad'ha is called there, Carn'a Daha'ra, 

 and he accompanied the Emperor Jaya-Chandra, 

 in his expedition against Ceijbu, which he undertook, 

 under pretence of a pilgrimage to worship the famous 

 statue of Ca'rtece'ya-Swa'mi. At the head of 

 a numerous army, he marched from Yugijii-piira, or 

 Dilii, for thus the last is spelled throughout the poem. 

 The general rendezvous of the vassal kings was to be 

 at Gocal-chanda, said to be Goicd-ghur, near ElUch- 

 poor. He then sent a message to Vi'ra-bhadra, 

 kmg of Singala, (or Ccj/Zo/?,) to prepare every thing 

 for his reception ; being a vassal of the empire. 

 Vira-bhadra submitted w^ith good grace : and 

 Jaya-Chandra went to Ceylon^ worshipped Ca'rti- 



