190 es«;ay on 



German translation. Tliey are probably tbe same 

 individual; for wiiat is asserted of Luckjiul in the 

 Amn-Acberi^ is affirmed of his supposed successor in 

 our list; namely, that after his death the nobles 

 elected a prince of the Bhagtla tribe, called Biud- 

 M30L in the Ayin-Achen^, and Bhala-Bhima-deva 

 in our list: the latter's name is split into two, and 

 two princes made of them in the Ay'ui-Acbcri, under 

 the names of Blil-deo and BHiM-DEof. Be this 

 as It may, Lac3iul-Ra ya, whose real name was 

 Lac'han'-mula-ra'ya, or simply Lac'han'-raya, 

 from the Sanscrit LACsHANA-PtAYA, is well known 

 to Eastern writers, under the name of Lagham-^ 

 Ra'ya';]:. He was born of obscure parents, and 

 raised himself by his own merit, and ultimately be- 

 came emperor, or Bala-rdija-^ He governed with 

 justice and equity : but after a long and prosperous 

 reign, and when he was above eighty years of age, 

 he w^as disturbed in his possessions by Mahmu'd- 

 Bactyar GiiiLjr general of Sultan Mahmu'd, Avho 

 began his reign in the year 1205, and died in 1209. 

 In the years 120/ and 1203, that general \vas in 

 Bengal ; and, tlierefore, he must have invaded Guj' 

 rat in the year 1209; but the death of the emperor 

 probably prevented his coinpleting the conqu-^-st of 

 that country. For though the authors cited by 

 D'Herbelot say that he effected ti)e reduction of 

 the country, yet Abul-Fazil says, that it was a 

 mere incursion §. 



The reigns of Siddha-ra'jes'a, of his cousin 

 CuNH WAR-PAL A, and of Aja-pa'la, son of the 

 former, are obviously too long ; for they amount to 



* Vol. 2, p. 91, 95. t Ayin-Acheri, \o\. 2d. p. 95, 



; Ste D'Herbelot v. Lag ham-ray a'; 



§ At/inAcberi, Voi. 2d. p. 92. 



