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rank, by whom his education had been superintended, — and an army 

 of ten thousand horse, marched to attack the king of Malava. Him 

 he slew ; but his own fate was defeat and death at the hands of 

 Gupta,* king of Gauda, of which the news was brought back by 

 Kuntala, a chief officer of cavalry. Sinhanada and Skandagupta, 

 the generalissimos, urge Harsha to make reprisals ; and they lose no 

 time in embarking on the enterprize. 



The account of Harsha's progress towards the south-east I omit.f 

 Before he could reach Gauda, Bhandin arrived, with spoils of the 

 Malavas. Enquiries were at once made for Bajyas'ri. She had 

 escaped from Kanauj, and had fled towards the Vindhya mountains. 

 Thither Harsha directs his steps. He is visited by Bhvikampa, a 

 military retainer to some local dignitary, Vyaghraketu, son of S'arabha. 

 ketu. These names, by the bye, seem to be coinages suggested by 

 the fancied fitness of circumstances. Bhukampa knows nothing of 

 Bajyas'ri's present quarters, and recommends, that Harsha should 

 seek for information at a neighbouring hamlet. She is discovered, 

 when on the very point of burning herself. 



At this juncture my least imperfect manuscript of the Harslia- 

 ckarita unfortunately breaks off. With one more reference, I shall 

 take leave of it. Among the Vindhyas, Harsha meets with a holy 

 mendicant, Divakaramitra by name, a Bauddha pervert from Hindu- 

 ism. In his vicinity resided various religionists, whose denominations 

 I detail ; it being interesting to know what Indian sects had exist- 

 ence in the seventh century. There were A'rhatamaskarins, S'weta- 

 vratas, Pandurabhikshus, Bhagavatas, Varnins, Laukayatikas, Jainas, 

 Kapilas, Kanadas, Aupanishadas, iVwarakaranins, Dharmas'astrins, 

 Pauranikas, Saptatantavas, S'abdas, and Pancharatras. 



■whose mouth a long speech is put, in the Chinese, is, in all probability, my Bhan- 

 din, or Bhandi — to write the word in the nominative : only Bana provides Bhandin 

 with an alibi at the time Hiouen-Thsang sets " P'o-ni" to haranguing at Kanauj. 

 Voyages, &c , Vol.'l., p. 112 ; Vol. II., p. 248 ; and Vol. III., pp. 435, 492. _ 



* According to Hiouen-Thsang, Kajyavardhana fell a victim to the machina- 

 tions of S'as'anka, who reigned at Karnasuvarna. May not that potentate's full 

 name have been S'as'ankagupta ? 



The ruins of Karnasuvarna have been discovered, by Captain F. P. Layard, 

 about twelve miles to the south of Murshidabad. See this Journal, for 1853, 

 pp. 281, 282. 



I have taken the last paragraph from my preface to the VdsavadaUd, p. 52 

 The sentence standing just before it, in that page, is to be expunged. 



f At Pragjyotishapura he entered into an alliance with Bhaskaravarman, the 

 king of Kamu upa whom Hiouen-Thsang visited. Voyages, &c., Vol. I., pp. 

 390, 391 ; and Vol. Ill , pp. 76, 77. 



