VICR.AMADITYA AND SALIVAHANA. ISl 



thcAyin-Acherl, the Vansavali, or Raj avali, written 

 by Ra'ja' Raghuna'tha, of the CadCliwa tribe, at the 

 command of the emperor Auren'gzebe; and, lastly, 

 a Hst of the Bala-Rai/as, or Balhara emperors, and 

 of the sovereigns of Malwa. The last section, or 

 rather supplement or appendix to the Agni-purana, is 

 the best chronological hst that has come to my know- 

 ledge. It is seldom found annexed to that Puraiia; 

 no more than the a])pendix to the Bhavishya. I was 

 however fortunate enough to find it at the end of a 

 copy of the Agni-puran'a, at least two hundred years 

 old ; and, though complete, almost worn out. There 

 I found the beginning of the appendix on futurity, 

 exactly in the same hand-writing with the body of 

 that Piiran'a, and the owner most kindly made me a 

 present of the last leaf, which contains both the end 

 of that Puraiia, and the beginning of the appendix. 

 In a copy of that appendix, it is said to be the 63d 

 and last section of the Agni-puraiia. The numbers 

 do not correspond now, though it be acknowledged, 

 that the division of the Pitran'as, into sections, has 

 not been the same, at all times, and in every part of 

 India. 



With regard to the appendix, or section, of the 

 Bhavishya-purdna, it is obvious that it never made 

 part of that Purcina, at least in its present state: 

 but, as it treats of futurity (Bhaviskya), it was pro- 

 bably on that account attributed to it; for it appears 

 that it belonged originally to some astronomical trea-^ 

 tise, and it is very much like the preliminary section 

 to the Jyotircid/ibharana. It is supposed by some, 

 that it is a short extract from the second part of that 

 Purana, which either no longer exists, or is not to 

 be commonly found. In the first part, there is not 

 a word about futurity, or the times to come. 



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