166 ESSAY ON 



cund) Chandra-pa'la, and Mehe'ndra-ta'la. 

 The reason of this transposition is, that the Pandits^ 

 who assisted Abul-fazil, having placed the ac- 

 cession of Biio'ja 110 years before the death of 

 Jaya-ciiandra, in 1194, that is to say, in the year 

 of Christ 108-i, there was no longer room for these 

 three kings; and they concluded, that they must 

 have reigned before Biio'ja, particularly as they 

 found there a king, called also Mah'endra-pa'la, 

 the grand-father of I^ho'ja. Another mistake, in 

 the Ayin-Acbari^ is the introduction, not only of 

 a collateral dynasty, but the metamorphosing the 

 place of their residence into a king. 



The succession of kings, from Vicrama the sou 

 ©f Gardabha, to Jaya-ciiandra, stands thus in 

 the appeudix to the Agni-puran'a. 

 Vicrama'ditya - - - 100 years 

 Chandra-se'na, - - - 50 

 Su'rya-se'na, ----- 8.5 



Chandra-s'ena is omitted in the. Aijin-Achcri, 

 'Sacti-sinha, - - - - 8.-5 



In his time the era of 'Sa'liva'hana prevailed 

 over that of VicaAMADiTYA. 

 C'ha'dga-se'na, - - - 85 



he resided at Ujjay'm'tj 



At that time A'taca, called Va'taca in the .P.vr- 

 an'as^ reigned at Dharci-nagara, for the space of lyo 

 years, or rather his dynasty. Suc'ha-s'en a or 

 Sumuc'h-se'na, and after him C'iiaikja-sena reign- 

 ed at Chiftr acuta ( in Biuiddcund). The first reign- 

 ed 88, and tlie second 86 years ; and these appear 

 to be collateral dynasties. 



Then came MAHK'xnRA-PALA, called Vijaya- 

 NANDA in th.e Aijin-Acheri, and these two epithets 

 imply a gieat conqueror. It is said, that he reigned 



