VlCfeAHADITYA AND SALltAHATf A. l^t 



75 years in the Ayin-Acheri, and to 113 in my list, 

 Avhich is hardly possible; and it is not unlikely that 

 Lac'han'-ka'Ya was the prince, minister of ViS'Ala* 

 de'va, mentioned in the inscription ; for he was 

 above 80 years old at the time of the invasion of 

 Gujrat\ by Mahmu'd Bactyaii. There is such a 

 disagreement in the lengths of the respective reigns 

 of each king, in the various copies, that no certain 

 inference can be dravv^n from them ; and I no*^iced 

 ?>efore a few transpositions : we must therefore re- 

 main satisfied with the grand outlines. Vis'ala- 

 de'va was not a native of Gujrat ; and though a 

 Bala-rayd, or lord paramount, lie was not king of 

 that country, but of the Mtami\ or ^Sacambhari ; 

 and, of course, his supremacy did not in the least 

 interfere vvith the order of succession of the kings of 

 Gujrdt\ He belonged to no dynasty, and reigned, 

 as well as his prime minister, collaterally with Sid- 

 DHA-RAJA and his relatives; and after the extinc- 

 tion of that family, Lac'haN'-ra'ya was not only 

 Bala-raya, but became also king of Gtcjrat\ and re- 

 sided in the metropolis of that country, both as aa 

 emperor and as a king, during a space of twenty, or 

 according to some, only eight years. 



The last Bala-ruyd was Carn'a the Gohild, who 

 jfled into the Deccan, when Sultan-Alla'-uddii^ 

 conquered Gujrat'. This happened, according to 

 eur list, in the year of Vicrama'ditya l^Gi, or 

 A. D. 1309. 



At that time, tire famous Ratista-sinha was king 

 of the mountainous country of Mewar, and resided 

 at Chaitor. He was descended from Khosru-Per- 

 viz, called also Nushirva'n; and his amours with 

 the beautiful Padma'vati or Pedma'ni, are the 

 subject of a poem, both m Hindi ^wd Persian. Pier 

 beauty was the innocent cause of a- bloody war^ be- 



