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liini, and refused her consent. Jaya-chandra, 

 enra<',ed at her behaviour, caused her to be confined; 

 and tl'iis was the cause of a most bloody war, in 

 Avhich the heroes of India fell, by nuituai wounds. 

 Pjihaura' proved successful, set the youno' damsel 

 at liberty, and carried her in triumph to Dilli, and 

 recovered also the imperial throne. But he did not 

 ^njoy it long; for Sx\HEBUDDnv made his appearance 

 ^\'ith an army, and Jaya-ciiandra, entered into a 

 league with the invader, which soon brought ruin 

 and destruction on both parties. Pititaura' fell 

 in the plains of Stiuni'ii-sar or Thanu-sar ; and it is 

 said, near a village, called Narmjana pura. The 

 league, between Jaya-chandra and Saiieeuddix, 

 did not last long; and in an engagement, in the 

 year 1 1S4, between Chanckmr and lltaxcah, Jaya- 

 chandra was completely routed, and obliged to fly; 

 and, in attempting to cross the Ganges, in a small 

 boat, he vv-as drowned*. 



After the famous expiation of Ciiaxacya, which 

 I mentioned before, in my essay on the Gangetic- 

 provinccs, the author of the appendix to the Agni- 

 puraiia proceeds in the following manner. " A.aibu- 

 ra'ja, (or the king of the waters surrounding India\ 

 Maha'-pati (the great sovereign lord), Buumi-pa'la, 

 (the fosterer of the world), reigned a hundred 3 ears. 

 After him came Ra'ma-chandra, who reigned 

 twelve years; and was succeeded by Biia'rata, who 

 reigned in UJjajjini, 200 years." 



Ambu-ra'.ta is obviously Ciiandra-gupta, whose 

 reign here is made to begin, and not improperly, 

 immediately after the expiation of Cha'n'acya ; 

 when every thing was settled, and Chandra-gupta 

 acknowledged paramount of India. 



* Avin Acberi, Vol. 2(1. p, 102. 



