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l^eiono- to Musulmans, for it is scarcely possible that 

 they should be mistaken by Musulmans; since the 

 tombs of tliose amons>- them, who fell in battle, or 

 otherwise died, in the beginning of their invasions, 

 are looked upon as places of worship ; and those 

 entombed there are considered, either as martyrs, 

 or saints. In speaking of the tombs, and other mo- 

 n.iments or events in India, Father Monserrat 

 says, with nmch candour, ' I was told so in that 

 Country,' or, ' I was assured of it by respectable 

 persons ; but whether it be so or not, I cannot fur- 

 ther say.' He explains himself in these terms, with 

 regard to thirteen figures, in basso relievo, upon the 

 rocks of Gxvalior, which he visited in his way from 

 Siirat to /)/'///, and which were supposed, by Chris- 

 tians in India, to represent our Saviour and his 

 twelve disciples; one figure in the middle being a 

 little higher than the rest. Monserrat says, that 

 they were so nmch defaced, that no inference could 

 be drawn from them, except their being thirteen in 

 number*. The foregoing particulars, concerning 

 the Bhats, Sa'liva'hana and his three sons, I ob- 

 tained from an intelligent native, whom I sent to 

 survey the countries to the N. W. of Dilli. He was 

 emplo3'ed, on that service, from the year 1786 till 

 1796; and, in the year 1787, he was in the country 

 of the Bhats. His instructions were to inquire par- 

 ticularl}^, into the geographical state of these coun- 

 tries; and, whenever he could find an opportunity, 

 to make inquiries also into their history and antiqui- 

 ties. At that time I knew very little about Sa'liva'- 

 HANA, and was still less interested in his history ; 

 and of course that ancient prince was not mentioned 

 to him ; and the knowledge which he obtained, con- 

 cerning him, among the jBA«/5, was merely accidental, 

 and by no means in consequence of any previous 

 directions from me. 



* P. 164. 

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