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as far as Kisraje, or Cadtha-Rajn, in the northern 

 parts of Bengal, called Koge by Ferishta, and 

 Couche by European travellers of the 15th and l6th 

 centuries, (such as R. Fitch :) and Cug ov Coos-Behar 

 made part of it. In a manuscript account of BtnareSf 

 compiled for me hy learned men, about sixteen years 

 ago, it is said, that according to tradition, this monu- 

 ment was built by a powerful prince, called Buddha- 

 s'ena, an epithet which implies that this king, who- 

 soever he was, was a zealous follower of Buddha. 

 He abhorred the Musulman name, and during the 

 ■very first invasions, he was summoned to submit, and 

 pay an yearly tribute, but refused. 



The Musulman army advanced, put every body to 

 the sword, and destroyed the fort and the place ; 

 and it is obvious from the remains, that neither was 

 completed. With regard to the date 1083, it was 

 suggested to me that it may answer either to the year 

 ©f Christ 1027, or l017; because formerly the trcr of 

 ViCRAiMADiTYA was rcckoncd ten years earlier thnn 

 now ; and this mode of reckoning is still in use in the 

 south of Itidia. It was in use in Cashmir, at least 

 some hundred years ago, as apjiears from the Raja- 

 Taranghii, When this alteration took place, and 

 when it was received in the northern parts of India^ 

 is not known. On my asking the reason of this cor- 

 rection, my learned friends did not appear to under- 

 stand the subject well : but, from what I could gather 

 from their conversation, it appears co me, that their 

 ideas on this subject were, that the years of the era 

 of Sa'liva'haxa being Sydereal, are not »ubject to 

 any variation That the years of the era of Vicra- 

 MADiTYA, which are now Luni-Solar, were not so 

 formerly, and that the lunar years of it, instead of 

 being regulated by the course of the Sun, and adapted 

 to it, were formerly regulated by the revolution 

 of Jupiter, the years of which were believed, at 

 that early period, to be equal to as many solar 



