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that FiROZE spared the life of his brother, and ba- 

 nished him to distant countries; and spread a report 

 of his death to prevent any further commotion in 

 his favour. Shiuovyeh, the son of Khosru Pur- 

 viz, caused his seventeen brotliers to be secretly 

 conveyed to India; and it was firmly believed, in 

 the west, that he had put them all to death: yet 

 there is hardly any doubt, that the kings of Oudj/- 

 'jwor, and the Marhattas^ are descended from them 

 and their followers, as it will appear in the appendix. 

 In many copies of Ragiiu-naVh's list, instead of 

 Gadha'-pa'la, we read Cshe'ma-pa'la, or some 

 other name. Next to him, a prince is introduced, 

 called Sadat-pa'la; probably for Sada's'va-pa'la, 

 the name of the father in-law of Gadiia'-pala, 

 or Baiiram-Gur. 



As the famous emperor Bhoja is not noticed by 

 foreign writers, the period in which he lived is in- 

 volved in nmch obscurit3^ In the Ayin-Jcberi^, 

 Bhoja is said to have ascended the throne, in the 

 year 541 of Vicrama'ditya's era; which is im- 

 possible ; for it would place Bhoja's accession to 

 the throne in the year 982 ; and, therefore, there 

 would be no room, either for his reign, which was 

 a long one, nor for those of his two successors, the 

 last of whom died in \00^. In the 'Satrujaya- 

 inahatmya^ we read 477 instead of 54i, and this will 

 place Bhoja's accesssion in the year 918 of Christ. 

 But the author of the above treatise uses another 

 mode of calculation, which will give a difference 

 of four years. In the 3'ear 466 of the era, says he, 

 was Vicrama'ditya, who reigned 108 years; 

 and 477 years after, appeared Sala'ditya, in Asa^ 

 7'upura. The era is that of Sa'liva'hana, and as 



* Vol. 2d. p. 55. 



