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of men. Vishnu comforted them, as nsualv itmX 

 promised that be would appear in the character of 

 Calci-avata'ra, when he would exterminate all 

 their enemies." If so, the Hindus must wait no lessr 

 than 439, 917 years for relief. Erery Vicrama'- 

 DiTYA had a certain number of learned men at his 

 court ; the chief of whom is, in general, called Ca'- 

 LiDASA. According to the supposed appendix to 

 the Bhavishija'pw'cuia, ViciiAMADiTYA the son of 

 Gardabha had sixteen of them. Ra'ja-Bhoja 

 had nine, among whom Dhatvwantari and Bara- 

 RUCHi were the most famous. These two learned 

 men are called I>hunpa'l and Beruje in the A^fin-- 

 Acheri. Another Vicrama'ditya had only five; 

 and these learned men were dignilied with the title 

 of Ratua^ or jewels, with which the courts of those 

 emperors were adorned. It is the general opini-on, 

 in the west, that the real Ca'lidasa lived at the 

 court of king Bhoja. This is confirmed by the ex- 

 tracts communicated to the society, by Major 

 Mackenzie, and also in the 8th vol. of the Asi- 

 atic Researches*; and ^Sa'liva'hana is even sup- 

 posed' to have had a poet of that name at his court. 



The next list, coming under examination, is from 

 Giijjarat, and was given to me by di Pandit, a native 

 of that country. It is entirely confined to the ancient 

 rulers of that time, and of the adjacent countries; 

 and comes down no lower than the year 1.109; and 

 I was happy to find, that itw\is the same list which 

 was used by the Pandits who assisted Abul-Fazie. 

 This shews that it existed above two hundred years 

 ago; and such as it is, that they had no better do»- 

 cumenrs at that time. They borrowed from it only 

 the last dynasty of the king of Gi(jjarat\ which 

 began A. D. 746. 



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