S Historical Remarks [Jan. 



of his eventual triumph over a more formidable enemy than all, a 

 treacherous minister, who for a time succeeds in dispossessing him 

 of his kingdom. After vanquishing, however, the rival monarchs of 

 the seven hills, and resting peacefully on his laurels in his inacces- 

 sible mountain throne, (localities which carry us away from the 

 immediate vicinity of the Ganges, but whether towards the north or 

 Central India we have no means of determining,) this worthy wor- 

 shipper of Siva and Durga ascends to heaven : and his brother 

 and the other chiefs, with mingled feelings of grief and affectionate 

 allegiance, proclaim his young child the heir to his father's crown 

 and conquests. This youth is described as obedient to the queen 

 dowager his mother, as was Crishna to his mother De'vaki'; but 

 the part of the inscription that proceeds to speak of him is con- 

 fused and unintelligible ; neither does he appear to be once named ; 

 unless we conceive some letters of line 18 to give his name thus : 

 Mahesa-prita-gupta, {the Gupta attached to Siva, or beloved by Siva.) 

 He is probably the Mahendra-gupta whose name occurs in several 

 of the newly discovered coins of this dynasty. 



The royal family of the Guptas, therefore, as adapted to the time 

 of this inscription, stands as follows ; the Arabic numerals denoting 

 sovereigns, or those to whom the prefix Maharaja Adhiraja belongs, 

 in the order of their succession. 



Gupta, a Raja of the Solar line. 



Ghatotkacha, ditto ditto, , ™ ,* ,, moe , 



' | whose daughter was 



1. Chandra-gupta I. — ^-Cuma'ra-devi', Maha'-daitya, 



queen consort. whose daughter was 



2. Samudra-gupta, $? De'vi', 



one of the queens of 

 Samudra-gupta. 



3. Chandra-gupta II. 



4. Cuma'ra-gupta, 



whose son probably was 



5. SCANDA-GUPTA, 



6. A young prince (Mahendra-gupta ?) 

 a minor at the date of this inscription. 



