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dynasty ruled there for about one hundred years, but according to the 

 Visnu-purana for 362 years. About 320 B.C. the celebrated Indian 

 Emperor, Candra- Gupta, married a Licchavi girl, named Kumaradevl. 

 That the Licchavis were then at least of equal rank and power with 

 the early Guptas is shown by the pride in this alliance, manifested by 

 the latter. The Licchavis, who were Buddhists, afterwards accepted 

 Brahmanism and became absorbed in the military caste about the 7th 

 century A.D. when Hinduism revived in India. 



The kings of Nepal, Tibet, Ladak, and Mongolia too, trace their 

 descent from the Licchavis. The Licchavi conquest of Nepal is assigned 

 to Newarit, whose age is unknown. More than thirty kings of this 

 race had reigned in Nepal before Jayadeva I. ruled there about 330-355 

 A.D. His successors were all Licchavis. Thus Aiii9u-barma, who was a 

 contemporary of Hwenthsang and reigned in Nepal in 635-650 A.D., 

 belonged to the Licchavi race. Na-khri-tsan-po, the first king of Tibet, 

 was a member of this race. The 32nd in descent from him was Srang- 

 tsan-gam-po who, about 627 A.D., married the daughter of Amju-varma 

 the Licchavi king of Nepal. The rulers of Ladak and Mongolia do 

 likewise claim descent from the Licchavis. 



5. Folklore of the Kolhan, — By 0. H. Bompas, I.C.S. (Oommtin' 

 icated by the Anthropological Secretary) » 



(Abstract. ) 



This is an interesting collection of Ho folk-tales, gleaned by Mr. 

 Bompas from the lips of the people themselves, while he was Deputy 

 Commissioner of Singhbhum. The Hos, or Larka Kols, who inhabit the 

 Kolhan in the west of that district, are closely connected with the 

 Santals of the Son thai Parganas and the Mundas of Ranch i. 



These primitive tribes are rapidly coming under the influence of 

 Hinduism, and their traditions are fast fading from their memory. 



