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Rajd-Ciilas, or of royal extraction, such as Vicra- 

 ma'ditya and Biioja; others were descended from 

 powerful Zemindars of different tribes, the names of 

 which were the Cha-uhana or Chauhuna^ Chaiidd 

 and Goheld, to which we may add, from the context 

 of the hst, the \Soiajici, and the Bdgheld tribes. 

 According- to IMusulman writers, the first Bala-Rdyd 

 was Dab-'Selim, Dab-Slim, Di-Salem and Di- 

 'Slam. These arc strange appellations, and unknown 

 in Lidia, at least in that shape ; and are hardly 

 reducible to any standard, either Satiscrit or Hindi. 

 My inquiries, concerning this ancient and famous 

 king, have proved unsuccessful, unless his real name 

 were Saila-de'va, according to learned men from 

 Gujjardt. This 'Saila-deva, Satla-deo, Der- 

 *Saila or De-'Saila, was, according to tradition, 

 a most holy man, of royal extraction; and I find 

 him, or one of the same family, mentioned in the 

 Ayin-Acberiy under the name of Syel-deo*. The 

 word Deva is pronounced Deb in the eastern parts 

 of India^ Deo, De' and Di in the western parts of 

 India ; and, in the present list, such proper names 

 as end in De'va, or Deo, in the Ayin-Acberiy have 

 constantly De' in the room of it. This word is 

 seldom prefixed to proper names, yet there are se- 

 veral instances of it, as in Deb-Pa'l-deb, a famous 

 emperor, mentioned in the imperial grant found at 

 Monghir, and in De'va-Nausha, pronounced Di- 

 Nissi in the Deccan. In our list, the first Bala- 

 Bdi/d is called Di-Saca, or De'va-'Saca, which 

 I suppose to be meant for Di-'Sala, Di-'Saila or 

 Sail deo. 



His descendants are known to Musulman writers 

 under the appellation of Dtb-Sdlimdt, according to 

 D'Herbelot-I"; and their sire is represented as a 



* Ayin-Acberi, Vol. 2d. subah Gujjenit, p. S«). 

 t Sec D'Herbelot, Dabscheliin and Dabschaliuiat. 



