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WO years at Ydgmi-pura, or Dilli ; but it is a mis- 

 take, for the Mahe'ndka-pa'i,a, who reigned in 

 that city, lived after Bhoja. After his death, 

 MuNJA icas appointed regent, during the minority of 

 bis son. BiiojA. lie resided at a place called ^Sonitpurciy 

 and reigned 8() years. After him, Bhoja reigned 

 in the Dekhin, £)\ years. He was succeeded by 

 Jaya-nanda, sometimes, but erroneously, called 

 Jaya-chandra, and he reigned 89 years. Thus, 

 the compiler of this list seemingly places the death of 

 Jaya-nanda 1095 years after the accession of Vi- 

 crama'ditya, the sonof Gahddabha, tothe throne; 

 or in the year of Christ 1480; thus confounding 

 together this Vicra-aia'ditya, with the one after 

 "\^'hom the era is supposed to be denominated. In 

 this manner, he has carried back the first year of 

 ^Sa'liva'hana, 441 years before Christ; and the 

 expiation of Cha'xacya and Chaxdragupta, 753 

 before the same era. His idea however, was, that 

 Jaya-x^\nda died in the year 1095 of Vicrama'- 

 DiTYA'se/'rt, answering to the year of Christ 1039: 

 and as Bhoja reigned only 50 years, instead of 9I, 

 a further correction will place the death of Jaya- 

 nanda in the year of Chkist 998, which is pretty 

 near the truth. These inconsistencies and contra- 

 dictions, so frequent among Hindu chronologers, are 

 disgustful in the last degree, and must greatly retard 

 the progress of historical research. 



He was succeeded by Chattra-pa'la, the son 

 of Ra'ma-chandra, a powerful zemindar, in the 

 countyy of Gauda, in Aldtava, and of the Tomlira 

 tribe. In the Ayin-Acheri'^' we read, that, when 

 Jay A the son of Bhoja died, there was not found 

 any one of the Pomdra or Poicdr tribe, worthy to 



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