180 S. C. Laliarry — Ternary : its divinity. [Nov. 



13ut ifc appears to rae that the Candra of the Meharaiili pillar, is 

 no other than the Candravarman of the present inscription. This con- 

 jecture is supported by the fact, that Candra of the Meharaull inscrip- 

 tion was a Vaisnava (worshipper of Visnu) who had erected a dhvajn 

 or standard of the god Visnu as the inscription states, and that he had 

 carried on war with the kings of Vaijga (Bengal), and, crossing the seven 

 mouths of the Sindhu (Indus), had conquered the Vahlikas of Bactria or 

 Balkh. Now in order to fight with the Kings of Vaijga, probably 

 he had to pass over the region in which stands Susunia hill, and 

 it may be surmised that like the (77iiY//a- erection, he symbolized the 

 Vi^nu-calcra on the Susunia hill, and left the inscription to comme- 

 morate it. 



In the Allahabad posthumous pillar inscription of Samudra-gupta^ 

 he is said to have defeated Candra-varman, a powerful king of the 

 North India. This again leads us to imagine that Candra-varman, son 

 of Maharaja Siddha-varman, styled as the Lord of the Puskara lake 

 (in Ajmer), of tlie present inscription reigned as a powerful king, and 

 at one time waged a furious war throughout the whole of Northern 

 India, from Bengal in the east to the Punjab in the west, and at last 

 was defeated by Samudra-gupta. 



Transcription. 



English Transliteration. 



1. Cakkra-svaminah dasagrenatisrstah. 



2. Puskararnbudhi pater mmaharaja-pri-Siddha-varmmanah pu- 



trasya. 



3. Maharaja-fri- Candra- varmmanah krtih. 



Translation. 



T3edicated by the chief of the servants of the Lord of the discus 

 (Visnu). 



The work of the illustrious Candra-varman, son of the illustrious 

 Siddha-varman, the Lord of the Puskara Lake. 



5. Ternary : its divinity. — By S. C. Laharry, Esq. 

 The paper will be published in the Journal, Part III. 



