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«ra parts of the Del/ a of the Indus: but meeting 

 M'ith unexpected resistance, he was defeated, and 

 lost his hfe ; and as Ojiar died in ()41, this expedi- 

 tion must have taken place between these two years, 

 and probably in 639 or 640. Othman, his suc- 

 cessor, attempted an invasion l)y land; but havino- 

 sent people to survey the roads, he was deterred 

 by their report. Ali, after him, sent a i>-eneral, 

 wdio effected some trifling conquests, on the borders 

 of Siud. MoAVYi-:ii sent twice his general Amu?, 

 or Ha'mir; but, after long and bloody conflicts, 

 he was forced to desist. Under the Cafiph Wa'lid 

 the conquest of Shid was at last effected by jNIuhaji- 

 t\ied-Casim, a. H. 99, or of Christ 717f. 



The rapid conquests of Omar, and his successors, 

 through Iran and Tnran, and their constant and 

 unrelenting attempts upon India, though not alM-ays 

 successful, paiticuhirly at the beginning, could not 

 but alarm very much the princes of that country ; 

 who thus soon became acquainted with the JSIahd- 

 hhat'cidicas, Muhammed their chief, and the intoler- 

 ant spirit of their new religion. 



Let us now pass to the second part, from the 

 first year of Vicrama'ditya, to the death of 

 PR'iTiiwi-RA'jA, and of Jaya-chaxdra. In this 

 part, the appendix to the Agu'i, and also to the 

 Bhavishija-puran'as, agree pretty well with the /hjin^ 

 Acbcri, in regard to the number of kings, and the 

 order of succession. There is, however, in the Ayin^ 

 Acberi^ a material difference; for three kings, who 

 are placed after Bho'ja, in tlie two first lists, are 

 transposed in the Ayin-Acheri, and put before Bho'ja, 

 and in an inverted order of succession. These are 

 Ra'ma-chandra, (called there erroneously Kukrum- 



* Vol, 2d. Account of Sircar Tutab, p. 147, 

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