1832.] Analysis of the Vishnu Pur&na. 439 



great war 1370 B. C, the difference is not very material, and either 

 date may present an approximation to the truth. 



From Chandragupta to the accession of the Andhra princes, 

 three dynasties occupy an interval of 294 years : the Andhras there- 

 fore commenced their rule about 20 years before Christ, which will 

 agree well enough with the account of the power of the Andrae, as- 

 given by Pliny, about the end of the first century of our era. Accord- 

 ing to the Purdna, there were 30 princes, who reigned 456 years-, 

 which brings them to A. D. 436. Colonel Wilford has endeavoured 

 to extend them, however, to the seventh century, identifying the last 

 or Pulomarshi with the Pouloumien of the Chinese Annals, who 

 died in 648, according to De Guignes. (As. Res. ix. 87.) If this 

 is correct, the Andhra dynasty must be imperfectly given. The 

 commencement being corroborated by Pliny, is apparently accu- 

 rate, but we want two centuries at the termination. Wilford pro- 

 poses to supply part of the deficiency, which is less in his statement, 

 by inserting seven princes, whom he calls genuine Andhras, before the 

 Andhrabhrityas ; but there is no warrant for this, and the number is 

 inadequate to the interval required. There is however evident confusion 

 here in our authority, the text and comment state expressly that the 

 dynasty is composed of 30 princes, and yet even with the repetition of 

 the name Satakerni five times, although it is probably intended in most 

 cases as a title, we have but 27 names. Wilford's list, indeed, con- 

 tains but 25 names. It is likely, therefore, that some of the names 

 have been lost ; and if we can suppose the dynasty to have comprised 

 nearer 40 than 30 princes, we may extend the time of Puliman, so as 

 to be the same with that of Pouloumien. 



There is another identification in this list with the Chinese history, 

 which may be even more readily adjusted than the preceding. 

 The annals of China record that in 408 ambassadors arrived from 

 Yuegnai, king of Kiapili in India, the Kapila of the Bauddhas, to 

 which possibly the authority of the Magadha prince as Lord para- 

 mount extended. The name of the prince is clearly Yajna, and 

 we have a Yajna Sri the 24th of the Andhra kings. Agree- 

 bly to the commencement of the race 20 years B. C. and the 

 average of reigns authorised by the text, 15 years and five months, 

 Yajna Sri reigned about 330, or only 78 years earlier than he 

 appears in the Chinese accounts. If indeed, as is allowable, we 

 consider him to be the 27th prince, being the third before the last, 

 then the agreement is almost precise ; as he will have reigned from 375 

 to 390, and we have only to suppose his reign one of those above the 



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