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2. There was, in the dynasty of Gahai-abala, a king named Mahitala, 

 who had conquered aU his enemies. Though he was not the S'esha, yet 

 the serpent S'esha was gratified by placing into his hands the task of up- 

 holding the immense weight of this earth. 



3. On the extinction of the two well known Khshatriya races descended 

 from the sun and the moon, the Self born (Bramha), perceiving that the 

 chanting of the Yeda was extinct in the whole universe, was inclined to 

 incarnate himself on earth in order to reclaim the lost path of virtue as 

 also the two celebrated Kshatriya races. 



4. He was then born in that dynasty, as king, Srichandi-a Deva, the 

 best of kings, the dispeller of the gloom of impatient heroic enemies ; by 

 whose glorious majesty was repressed the revolts of the siibjects of the 

 imrivalled great kingdom of auspicious Gadhipm'a, which had been earned 

 by the valour of his arms. 



5. Eepairing, as a protector, to Kasi, Kusika, Uttara Kosala, Indi-a- 

 sthana and other places of pilgrimage, he marked the earth by the perfor- 

 mance of a hvmdi'ed tula rites, in coui'se of which he repeatedly gave to the 

 twice-born his o^vn weight in gold. 



6. His son was Madanapala ; that crest-jewel of the lords of the earth 

 flourishes as the moon of his race. By the waters, which sparkled in jars 

 at his coronation, the earth was washed clean of all the sinful dust of this 

 iron age. 



7. When he went forth to conquer on the earth, sinking mider the 

 overpowering weight of the footfalls of his maddened and careering ele- 

 phants, high as lofty mountains, the serpent S'esha, crushed as it were by it, 

 and having its crest-jewel fractured and thrust down into its bleeding moxith, 

 for a time hid its face in its folds. 



8. From him descended, even as the moon issued forth from the 

 ocean, the charming and beautiful Govindachandra, who has acquired as 

 much fame as Eama, son of Dasaratha. He, by repeated battles, compelled 

 Hanmiira, who was much dreaded for having broken the heads of the huge, 

 intractable elephants of Gaura, to sue for peace. He, who was well skilled 

 in conquering the earth and was a Kalpa briksha to beggars, flom'ished here 

 to efface from his kingdom the footprints of the constantly neighing and 

 careering horses. 



9. Sri Madanapala Deva, the highly revered, the great king over 

 great kings, the chief lord, the devout worshipper of Siva, successor of the 

 highly revered, the great king over great kings, the supreme lord, the 

 devout worshipper of S'iva, Srichandra De^'a, the sovereign who by his arms 

 carved the happy kingdom of Kannyakubja reigned victoriously. 



Govindachandra Deva, the son of this great king, commands and ac- 

 quaints the inhabitants of the principal towns in the district or circle o£ 



