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veral kings and legislators called Vicrama ; in the 

 same manner we find also several Sa'liva'hanas. 

 This grandson of Dhaxanjaya is made contempo- 

 rary with another Vicrama'ditya, who is supposed 

 to have begun his reign A. D. I91 ; but, according 

 toothers, either in the year 184 or £00. In Ra- 

 GHUNA-r h's lists, current in the western parts of In- 

 dia^ which have appeared in print, instead of 'Sa'li- 

 va'haxa, we find Samudra-pa'la, perhaps a disciple 

 of his, and thus called, because he came by sea. In 

 this remarkable instance, these lists differ, most ma- 

 terially, from those in use in the Gangetic provinces, 

 and eastern parts of India. In the latter, in the room 

 of Vicrama'ditya, we read 'Suraca, or 'Sudraca, 

 a famous emperor o^ India, mentioned in the Purd- 

 n'as, and of whom it is said, in the Cumdrica-chanda^ 

 that he would ascend the imperial throne, after 3290 

 years of the Cali-yuga were elapsed, that is to say, 

 in the year of our Lord I9I, and that he would reign 

 in the city of Charchitd, thus called from the search 

 {cherche in French,) or inquiries made there into vari- 

 ous religious opinions, and new dogmas ; and thus 

 it is understood by learned men from the west of 

 India, and it appears that there were several cities 

 thus called. This 'Sudraca had also the title of Vi- 

 crama, and of A'ditya : but in the eastern lists no 

 mention is made of Samudra-pa'la. Tieffentha- 

 LER takes notice of him, and Bernoulli has s:iven 



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us the whole leo-end, such as it is in the MSS. co- 

 pies. 



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When Vicrama'ditya was ninety years of age, 

 then came Samudra-pa'la, or he who was fostered, 

 or wafted over, by Samudra, or the ocean, because it 

 is understood, that he came from distant countries by 

 sea. He appeared in the character of a holy man, 

 working miracles, and, as it seems, preaching about 



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