238 THE SHEPHERD KINGS OF EGYPT. 



relating to tlie Horites are principally those belonging to Sivaism, 

 Those of Brahminism furnish materials for the history of the line of 

 Jerahmeel. Ashchur's family must be found in those of Vishnavism 

 and Buddhism. 



Ashchur himself is Mahi Asura, the great Assur, as Shobal is 

 Maha Deva, the great Dev. Hd and his Asuras were vanquished 

 by the Devs of Siva and cast down to Onderah or Denderah, whence 

 the name of Tyndaridae, applied by Sanchoniatho to his descendants. 

 Wassakara is a name of his, and Visvakarman — the latter a title 

 generally given to his son Tvashtar or Achashtari. Among monarchs 

 he is Maha Sagara, with a son Makhadewa (Macedo, which we have 

 already found to be a name of Achuzam) ; or Sagara, with a son 

 Asamanya (Achuzam). The deity Sangara Narayana presents him, 

 together with his wife Naarah, who gives name to Nagara. He 

 appears again as Buddha Soukra, identical with the Egyptian Ptah 

 Soccari. His son Achuzam, however, and not himself, seems to be 

 — I do not say Buddha, because I think Etam his father-in-law was 

 the first to bear that name, biit — the second and perhaps the chief of 

 those who aspired to the Buddhaship. Pococke has pointed out the 

 relations of the region of Attock with the Greek Attica. The 

 Egyptian Attikeh, the Carthaginian Utica, and the Palestinian 

 Tekoa all connect with it. The whole of the vast region drained by 

 the Indus and its tributaries is replete with Ashchurite names, 

 which, for brevity's sake, and as I write for scholars, I forbear to 

 enumerate. 



Achuzam's great memorial is in this region. With the Asuras 

 the Yakshas are associated. They are the Hyksos, Chasas, Hayakes 

 or Pheakes are names which Pococke gives to the Yakshas. The 

 ancient Acesines was their river, and Cashmere, a later Cassiotis, 

 their home. Achuzam, under the name of Yasu, is said to have 

 ruled there in the time of Satyavrata, his brother Achashtari. His 

 Yakshas moreover were found with the Kinnaras (Cinyrads) of 

 Cuvera (Hepher) at Kailasa, or Alaka (Khulasa or Halak in the 

 Geraritic region). In these names, with that of the Lokaloka moun- 

 tains, we find corruptions of Jehaleleel. With the Yakshas, the 

 Ashvins must be connected. One of them is Jishnu, who is Achuzam 

 in a form like Yesstm or Jasion. The Asvamedha, or horse sacrifice, 

 properly belongs to these so-called Indo-Scyths. It is generally con- 

 ceded that the Ashvins and the Dioscuri are the same. Achuzam is 



