VICRABlADITVA AND SALIVAHANA. ^OS 



years*: for this planet, as seen from the eartli, 

 comes back to the same point in heaven, after a, 

 period of twelve years and five days ; and in the 

 Deccan, they reckon the cycle of Jupiter ten years 

 earlier than in the northern parts. When the error 

 was discovered, the years of Vicrama'ditya wei^ 

 made Luni-Solar, and they retained no further con- 

 nection with the revolution of Jupiter. They added, 

 that several corrections, more or less perfect, obtained 

 at diiferent times, and particularly one of fourteen 

 years ascribed to Bhar trihari, or rather referred 

 to his time; and which was said to have been the 

 length of his reign. 



In that case, the demolition of the monument, 

 which we are speaking of, took place in the year 

 1017, during the invasion of Ma 11 mud; for from 

 that period, the Hindus, in this part of India, re- 

 mained for a long time unmolested by the Musulmans. 

 Modud's invasion, in 1043, was directed toward 

 the south; and in that direction only, he penetrated 

 further than Maiimud, as recorded in history. 



KingBnu'-PA'LA is called also Mahi-pa'la, in this 

 inscription; but these two epithets are synonymous, and 

 siscnifv he who fosteis the earth, or world. Sthira- 

 pa'la, called Dhir-pa'la mtht Ay hi- A cberi, hadason, 

 called Deb-pa'la, or de'va-pa'la; who, in my opi- 

 nion, is the same who is mentioned in the grant found 

 at Monghir, and in the inscription upon a pillar at 

 Budddl. His father was DiiARMA-p ALA, which pro- 

 bably was the title given to him, when he succeeded 

 his father Bhu'-pa'la, called G6-pa'la in the grant. 

 The Hindus always have two names, one of them 

 answering to our Christian names, and used in the 



* Asiatic Researches, Vol, III. p. 2l6. &c. 



