t'ICUAMAt)rTVA AND SALIVAHANA. 155 



that the chief circiinistaiiccs in bis history are entirely 

 taken from tliem. If so, neither the inscriptions, 

 nor the work itself deserve much credit. Baiiham, 

 with the epithet of Ciiiii, in Sanscrit Gardabha, 

 or the ass, is the founder of the Garddabhuia dy- 

 iiast}^ mentioned in the proplietic chapters of the 

 Purarias. The Hindus say, that when Garddabtia 

 withdrew from India, he left his wife and her maid 

 behind, and that both were with child by him; but 

 Persian writers assert, that he took his wifewithhini 

 to Persia with her immense fortune. In Ragi[i - 

 naVh's list, we find, that the son of Gadiia'-pa'i.a, 

 or Garddabha, was VicRAjrAD'rrvA; who had 

 two sons Talaca-chandra, who reigned only two ' 

 years, and another called Vicraima ditya also, 

 who succeeded him. ^Vccording to Persian history, 

 Garddabha had a son called Vesdejird, who suc- 

 ceeded him. This prince had two sons Firoze, 

 the eldest, and IIormuz the youngest, sirnamed 

 the wise; wliom, on account of his wisdom, lie 

 appointed for his successor ; and, to Firoze, he gave 

 the go\'ernment of Sigistan and Mecran. The ac- 

 count of these two brotliers has much affinity with 

 what they relate, in India, of VrcRAMADiTVA and 



BlIARTRlMARr. SomC say that VjCirAMA'DITYA put 



him to death; others, that he banished him to dis- 

 tant countries. Be this as it may, they show the 

 ruins of his place of abode in Gujjardt', at Ujjayini^ 

 and near Benares. The dynasty of the Gardahiunaa 

 is probably that of tlie (lescendants and successors 

 of Baiiram Guk in Persia. Tlie princes in the 

 N. W. parts of India were vassals of the Persian 

 kings, at a very early period ; and the fitlier-in-law 

 of Bahram Gur used to send a yearly tribute to 

 them. According to the Hindus, he was not em- 

 peror of India, but only a powerful king in the 

 western parts of that country, and his capital city 

 was Cambdt (or Cambay). It is not improbable 



