VICRAMADITYA AND VALIVAHAXA. l^V 



the Agni'piir an a. Tliis second Dhananjaya, called 

 also Dhanandhaka, is reckoned as an Utpata, or 

 prodigy ; and some account of him is given in the 

 Ai/in-Acberi'^, and also in traditionary legends. 

 He sprang suddenly from tlie middle of a temple at- 

 Pvat-ahtana in the Dckhin, in a human form, and- 

 with a divine countenance, holding a bright sword. 

 He attacked A'ditya, or Vicram'aditya, whom he 

 put to death ; then, leaving the Dekhin, he made 

 Ujjai/uii the seat of his empire. In the grant found 

 at Mongliir, allusion is made to Vichama'ditya, 

 under the name of 'Sa'Cadwishi, the foe of 'Saga 

 or Sa'liva'hana ; and it is not improbable that the 

 prime minister, in the inscription on a pillar at Bud- 

 daul, is compared to 'Sa'liva'hana, under the name 

 of Dhanan-jaya|. 



There were undoubtedly many Vicrama'dityas; 

 but which of them instituted the era denominated 

 after him, is by no means obvious : for there is hardly 

 any instance, I believe, of any sovereign or 1-egis- 

 lator that ever instituted an ara called after him» 

 and beginning with some memorable event, during 

 the course either of his life or of his reign. Any 

 one of them might have instituted the era ; but \t 

 does not follow that he lived at the beginning of it. 

 The author of the Vansdvali and in 2:eneral all those 

 who have attempted to new model his list, say, that 

 the era of Vicramaditya was instituted by his 

 brother Bhartrihari, or 'Suca'ditya, who is called 

 Sacwaxta on that account. He reigned fourteen 

 years ; and after his death, Vic ram a'ditya took it 

 up, made some corrections, and had it called after 

 liis own name. This circumstance is noticed bv 



* Vol. ir, p. 64. 



t Asiat, Researciies, Vol. I. 



