138 Three Sanskrit Inscriptions. [No. 2, 



W^T^TO^ ^TW^T || \1 II 



^T^Tftrer: *r^f*r icttoci;: II \< II 

 ^"^rOre^rat xra^r ^art ^cm ii \*> ii 



fer^f crortfzraraTi ^r^ftff^t ii v= || 

 in ?Rpit ^Tfsig T^riftr 



Huna to any but a division of the tribe of Kshatriyas. Venkata Adhwarin, in a 

 carious and fanciful work, doubtless indicates thereby the early Portuguese, 

 settled in the vicinity of Madra3. He has the fairness to commend the Hunas 

 for their justice, and ingenuity in handicrafts. This acknowledgement is, how- 

 ever, set off against the accusation of cruelty, impurity, and cheap esteem for 

 Brahmans. " Greater reprobates would be harder to find in the world ;" and 

 " Their faults baffle description," ^T^hSt: 1^5 5pin3 •* ^fW^nTTT ^T*S ; aud 

 ^t^t $T^T : m\ «rT^TTSi Vis'ivagunddars'a, Bombay edition of S'alca 1774>,fol- 

 22, iwso. 



In the present day, the pandits universally take Huna to denote Europeans. 



