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session. There it is declared^ that Ananga-pa'la 

 had lio male issue ; and that he gave his only 

 daug'hter in marriage to the Chauha'n king of 

 Sambhala-cks a ; wlio had by her a son, called Pi- 

 thaura'. Ananga-pa'la adopted him for his own 

 son, and appointed him his snccessor to the throne 

 of Dilli; recommending him, at the same time, 

 to Jaya-chandra, emperor of India, and residing 

 at Canouge. This liappened, says the author of the 

 above treatise, in the iSOth year of king Ananga- 

 pala'; but more probably of his dynasty, M'hicli 

 lasted 142 years; and accordingly, this adoption 

 took place in the year 1170 of the Christian era. 



It is acknowledged, that the imperial throne be- 

 longed of right, to tlie Cholian family, and that 

 they were deprived of it by Jaya-chandra, of 

 the Rattore tribe; but we are not told the ground 

 of their claims and pretensions. Be this as it may, 

 such was the cause of the last great war in India; 

 for, when Jaya-chandra attempted to perform a 

 grand sacrifice, at which the presence of all the kings 

 of India was required, he was told, that he was not 

 qualified to preside at such a sacrifice, as the empire 

 belonged to the Chohan family; and of course, that 

 it was the province of Pith aura', who had absented 

 himself, because he thought that the usurper would 

 not allow liini to preside at the sacrifice. A love 

 affair contributed also to exasperate both parties; 

 for, when Jaya-chandra led an arm}^ mto Sinhdla- 

 divipa, or Ceylon, the king of that country sub- 

 mitted, and made him a present of a most beautiful 

 and accomplished damsel: but Jaya-chandra, 

 being advanced in years, adopted her for his own 

 daughter; and she was soon to have been married 

 to a powerful king: but she, having heard of Pit- 

 haura's valour and achievements, fell in love with 



