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tioiior appendix. Sumuc'jia-s'f.na is called K exec k- 

 SEiN in the Ayin-Acberi ; and in that treatise, Chitra- 

 ciita^ their metropolis, is metamorphosed into a king, 

 to whom a reign of one year only is allotted. The 

 names of the three next princes, Chandra pa la, 

 Mahe'ndra-pa'la and Kurkum-chund, in the Ayin- 

 Acberiy should be written in this manner, Ra'ma- 

 chandra, who did not reign : his son was Chat- 

 tha-pa'la, who was elected emperor of India after 

 the death of Jaya-naxda. His son and successor 

 was Ma'ha-chaxdra-pa'la ; but I conceive that 

 the true name of the latter was Mahe'ndra- 

 pa'la. 



From Cha'xacya's' expiation to the first year of 

 Vicrama'ditya, the son of Gaxdha-rupa, the 

 three lists do not materially diifer from each other 

 •with regard to the number of kings, and the order 

 of succession. The greatest difficulty is, from the 

 first year of Vicrama'ditya, the son of Gand- 

 ha-rupa, or Harsha-me'gha, which last is a ridi- 

 culous epithet for an ass, to the first of Bhoja. The 

 greatest part of the names of the kings, in this list, are 

 probably fictitious, except some of the most illustrious. 

 The first we recognise is Mah'abali, or Naxda, 

 Avho ascended the throne of India 365 years before 

 Christ. From his accession there elapsed 299 years, 

 according to Raghuxa'th's list, to the death of 

 Vicrama'ditya, which happened 56 years B. C, 

 Then appears Dhaxaxjaya, who put to death 'Adit- 

 ya : these are VSa'liva hana and Vicrama'ditya : 

 the times coincide, and the name of one of them. 

 Dhaxaxjaya is also the name of A'rjuna in the 

 Mahd-bliarat, of whom it is said, that he did not 

 exult over the ignorant and ill-favoured, but spent 

 his riches among the needy ; in short, he was the 

 wonder of all good men. This is the character 

 given of Sa'liva'haxa in the Cumdricd-chan'da^ and 



