270 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [May, 1908. 
in the same sentence (LII, 16). But they might be mere ‘poetical 
repetitions (or even interpolations), as similar repetitions appear in 
the same sentence with respect to Kaukkurah and Kukkurék. The 
formation Paundrikan is also peculiar. Is it a mis-reading of 
Saundikah, a» name used with Pawndrak in Anudasana- -parvva, 
XXXV, 17? Anyhow, it would not be safe to draw any dis- 
tinction on this single line, apparently corrupt, until corrobo- 
The Mahabharata and the Harivamsa, and following them the 
es urdnas, name only one king of Paundra, 
Their King. viz., Basudeva. the specs he is des- 
cribed as a powerful sovereign, ruling Pundras, Vangas and 
-Kiratas, 7.e., the greater part of Bengal, and surnamed pepereks 
MBh.. HV., Visnn-pur, Bhagavata) and also Pawndra (H 
son of his, Sudeva, is named in HV. ( Visnu-parvva, LIX, 4), Bhs 
capital called Paundrasya nagararn (Bhavisya-Parvva, XCIT. 
He fought with the Yadavas and was killed by Krsna with ake 
(battle described in 12 chapters in HV., Bhav.-parvva, CXCI-CII ; 
Visnu-pur., V, 34. 4-27 ; Bhagavata-pur., X, 66-23). 
In the medieval period the tribal name Pundra was replaced 
(c) Medieval period. 
Sthaviras, where the bg sakha of Godasa Gana is named Pundra- 
vardhaniya! ; and in the Asok-dvadana, which speak of Asoka 
having put to death 3 in Punda- varddhana many naked sectarians 
for doing despite to Buddhist worship.? The dates of their composi- 
tions are not known. But the name is mentioned in the Records 
and the Life of topes under the heading Pun-na-fa- i -na § 
rey ee ana). an-chwang visited the land a 
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1 Kalpa-sutra, eae S.B.E., Gaon he 288. 
2 ga ee 427, 1.¢ 
3 Records of the ‘pester World “Beal, II, 194-5; Watters, II, 184-5; Life, 
eae p- “ty 
4 J.A.8.B., 1894, p. 53f; Ep. Ind., IV, 247. 
: 5 “goed sar ie adore, Lambaka III, tarabga 8, vv. 254, 290, tar. -5, 17, 
19, 21; Lamb. V, tar.:1, se Cf. Raja-tarangini, IV, 421 
8 AS. B., 19u0,'p. 
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