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year JO^J-, wc find another of them, living also in 

 obscurity, and equally called De'va-Saila, or 

 Daeshllim ; and who was raised to the throne of 

 his ancestors, by Sultan^ Mahmud. The list of 

 the Bala-Ray as, from Vana-Ra'ja to Raja Car- 

 •JTA', was originally the same with that to be found 

 in the Aijin-Acberi, excepting* some variations ; for 

 it is hardly possible to find two lists in India exactly 

 alike. Ibe nun ber of l>ings, in both, is twenty- 

 three; and the aggregate sum of their reigns' agree 

 within two years. 13ut the arrangement is some- 

 what different, and the years of each respective 

 reign by no means correspond. Some kings are 

 transposed, and the names of a few quite disagree; 

 and each list supplies also deficiencies, which oc- 

 cur in others. Owing to the uncertainty of Persian 

 orthography, several names are strang-ely disfigured, 

 both in the English and German translations ; which 

 last is by no means to be neglected, as there are 

 particulars in it, not to be found, either m the ma- 

 nuscript list, or in the English translation of the 

 Ayin-Acberi. Thus, for instance, Ra'ja'-A'ditya 

 is called Resha'dut in the English translation, and 

 Ra-Schadat by Tieffenthaleu. Vana-ra ja is 

 called Bansra'je by the former^ and Birj by the 

 latter. The summary history of the Hindu princes 

 of Gujarat', in the Ayui-Acberi, contains many in-r 

 teresting particulars, not to be found in our list. 

 Vana-raja, according to our list, Avas of the 

 Chaiid'd tribe, still extant in Gujrat'. Abul-Fazii, 

 says, that his father was called Samanta-Sinha ; 

 and the word Samanta implies, that he was a petty 

 king, probably in Gujrat' ; but being of a base and 

 turbulent disposition, he was put to death, by order 

 of Sui-Bhuada'-de'va, emperor of Ca?20ge ; and his 

 family was plundered, as usual. His wife fled into 

 the forests, or Varia, where she was delivered of a 

 son, called, from that circumstance, Vana-raja.. 



