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reached even as far as the Paiinsuhi ot Malacca^ whcm 

 they have still poems mentioning Carn'a, the Mahd- 

 Raja, or emperor of India, according to Mr. Mars- 

 den *. These poems, if procurable, miglit possibly 

 throw some light on the history of those kings. 

 Among the And'iiua princes of this dynasty, there 

 is one called Gauivvmi-putra, or the son of Gau- 

 tama, being supposed to be an incarnation of him. 

 He appears to be only a Bodiii-satwa, a disciple, or 

 spiritual son ; an appellation of the same import, but 

 more generally used in the western parts of India, 

 and by the followers of Budd'iia. It is foretold in 

 the Cumaricd-cluuida, that after the year 3600 of the 

 Cali-yuga, answering to the year .500 of our era, a 

 Budd'ha would be king of Magadlia, of the house 

 of Hema,, and a Chandra-vansi ; and that after 

 reigning 64 years, he would ascend into heaven. 

 This Bod'hi-satwa, or subaltern incarnation of Bud- 

 b'ha, or, in other words, Budd'ha himself, the 

 D'harma-ra'ja, went to China, in the year 5\5 of 

 our era, where he is called D'harma : at Siam, and 

 in the Peninsula, he is called Pouti-sat, and Poti- 

 satu. 



We may consider Pulima'n as the last king of 

 Magad'ha at the same time emperor of India. After 

 him appeared a powerful king called Visvasphati- 

 CA, VisvASPHURji, and Visva-sphan'i. His real 

 name was Puranjaya. He expelled the Cshettris 

 or the barons, as being too troublesome ; and exalted 

 the lowest classes, such as the Caivarttas, boatmen 

 and fishermen, tlie Pdtics, the PuUndas, Sec. He 

 was, however, a great and powerful prince, and his 

 dominions extended all over ylnu-Gangam, or the 

 Gangetic provinces. 



Then came a dynasty of nine kings, called the 

 nine Ndgus, or Ndcds. These were an obscure tribe, 



* Asiat, Researches, Vol. IV. 227. 



