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and the eleventh centuries, and he accordingly made Sankaravarma of 
Kashmir in the beginning of the tenth century (904 to 920) subvert 
the extensive empire of the sovereign of Dhara, and solved the 
anachronism which this involved by stating that “we need not 
expect, however, extreme accuracy in this matter, and may rest satis- 
fied with considering it as an approximation to the truth and gener- 
ally as an additional testimony of Bhoja’s having flourished early in 
the tenth century.” Had he the Stacy record before him he would 
have found two names of an era which would have completely obvi- 
ated his anachronism. 
The second of these princes I assume to have been identical with the 
sovereign named in an inscription ona Vaishnavite temple at Gwalior. 
He is described as a “ Lord paramount” who flourished in A. C. 876. 
His genealogy is not given, but the date of his reign and the fact 
that the sovereigns of Kanouj about that time did exercise para- 
mount power over Gwalior, justify the assumption.* 
The Bhoja of Pehewa occurs in an inscription recorded on the side 
of a temple in a village on the banks of the Saraswati fifteen miles 
west of Thaneswar.t The record is very imperfect, having many 
lacune and large breaks at the beginning and end of every line, but 
from what remains a list of ten names have been made out as follows : 
I. Mahendra Pala. 
II. Jatula. 
III. P (illegible). 
IV. Vajrata. 
V. Yajnika. 
VI. Sogga. 
VII. Purna. 
VIII. Devaraja. 
IX. Ramachandra. 
X. Bhoja. 
The date of the last on the inscription is unmistakeably Samvat 
279. The facsimile where it is given, happens to be perfectly clear, 
and the letters are so well formed that there cannot be the possibility 
of a mistake in the reading. But the circumstance of a Bhoja at so 
early a date misled meas to his identity, and those who have since 
attempted to correct me have been equally misled. Col. Alexander 
* Veatiges of the Kings of Gwalior, ante Vol, XXXI. p. 397. 
+ Vide my note on an inscription from Thaneshwar, ante, Vol. XXII. p. 673. 
