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CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



" 181 A. D." (Euseb., and Clint.), at Alexandria, the temple of Serapis injured by fire. 



" 183 A. D. About this time " (Niceph., and Clint, iv. p. 181), Theophilus succeeded by Maxi- 

 mus or Maximinus, " seventh " bishop of Antioch. 



" 1S4 A. D. = 1st year of the ' tchoung-ping ' of Ling-ti " (Chinese chron. table), beginning of 

 the Forty-eighth cycle. 



" The same year" (Dio, and Clint.), in Britain, an outbreak of the tribes beyond the Wall sup- 

 pressed by the Romms under Ulpius Marcellus. 



" 185 A. D." (Clint, iv. p. 177), death of Eleutherus, unlike all his predecessors, not through 

 violence (Alst.) . He was succeeded by Victor of North Africa, " thirteenth " bishop of Rome. 



" In this year" (append, agni-purana, and Wilf. as. res. ix. i83, = 326 B. G — "140— 130 — 



120 120":= 56 B.C. — "120 — 120 yrs" of Masudi), accession at Ujayin of Aditya or Sudraka of 



the Pomara tribe.*— After a long reign, Sudraka immolated himself by burning, leaving his kingdom 

 to his son (prol. Mrichchh. transl. Wils.). Sudraka is mentioned also by Kalidasa sakont. 



In this year (= 187 — " 2 years reign " of the Mahavamsa xxxvi.), Mula-tissa succeeded by his 

 son Rohunna, now king of Ceylon. 



" 186 A. D." (Lamprid., and Clint.), by Commodus, a fleet prepared to bring corn from Mauri- 

 tania, should the supply from Egypt fail. 



" 187 A. D." (Lamprid., Chron. Pasch., and Clint, iv. p. 182), at Rome, the "baths of Commodus " 

 built by Cleander. 



In this year (= 18S — " 1 year reign " of the Mahavamsa xxxvi.), Rohunna succeeded by his 

 brother Cudananga, now king of Ceylon. 



" 188 A. D." (Hieronym., and Clint.), at Rome, the Library contained in the capital burned by 

 lightning. 



In this year (=210 — "21 years reign" of the Mahavamsa xxxvi.), Cudananga succeeded by 

 Sirinaga, now king of Ceylon. 



" 189 A. D." (Euseb., and Clint ), at Rome, the head of the colossus removed by Commodus, 

 and one in his own likeness substituted. Victor at this time bishop. 



" 190 A. D.= ' tsou-ping,' 1st year of Hiao-hien-ti " or Hien-ti, of the Han or Seventh dynasty 

 (Chinese chron. table). During the ensuing civil wars, he was sustained by the Chinese general 

 Thsao-thsao. 



"The same year" (Euseb., and Clint.), Maximus succeeded by Serapion, " eighth " bishop of 

 Antioch. Julianus succeeded by Demetrius, "eleventh" bishop of Alexandria. On application 

 through legates to Demetrius, the stoic philosopher Pantaenus sent as a missionary into India. 

 Pantaenus had conversed with persons who had seen the apostles. 



" 191 A. D." (Galen, Dio, Euseb., and Clint.), at Rome, the temple of the Vestals, regarded as 

 the finest building in the city, destroyed by fire ; together with the Libraries in the palace, the store- 

 houses of the Egyptians and Arabians, and many private dwellings. 



About this time (Steinschneid. i. 4), death of Rabbi Jehuda, the redactor or compiler of the 

 Mishna ; a body of collective Hebrew literature. — The work was retouched by his pupils, one of 

 whom, Abba Aricha distinguished by the name of Rab, at the end of thirty-five years transplanted to 

 Babylon the " last amended recension." The " External Mishna," a separate collection, was com- 

 piled "about a generation later" by R. Oschaja. 



Indigofe7-a argentea of Tropical Arabia and Abyssinia. Called in Yemen and Egypt " nile " or 

 "nyleh" (Forsk., and Del.); and clearly the species of indigo cultivated "under the Roman domin- 

 ion " by the Jews, as appears from the .Mishna, — and in instances on record as far North as Malta 

 (Niederstedt, Reynier 439, and A. Dec); its cultivation in Egypt not antedating the middle ages 

 (Reyn. 354), but mentioned by Abd-allatif, and Abulfeda : I. argentea was observed by Forskal, and 

 Delile, in gardens at Cairo ; by Forskal, under cultivation in Yemen, and everywhere wild ; is known 

 to grow wild also in Abyssinia (Rich.). 



Mexico inhabited as early as this date; and the art of making indigo carried there, possibly by 

 newly-arrived colonists. f — This art is among those attributed to the Toltecs (Humb. atl. pict). 



* Agaricus sp. of Hindustan. Called in Hindustan "bhauma" or " ch'hatraca," in Sanscrit 

 " caraca; " and W. Jones further states, That mushrooms were held in detestation by the ancient 

 Hindus, the legislator Yama declaring the eating them, "whether springing from the ground or grow- 

 ing on a tree, fully equal in guilt to the slayers of Brahmens." — The above Agaricus and a species 

 of Phallus, the only fungi seen by W. Jones as. res. iv. p. 31 1 in Hindustan. 



f hidigojcra, three species of Tropical America. In the absence of the accustomed Asiatic 

 species, plants equally suitable for making indigo were discovered in the new country. It is true the 

 Asiatic process differs from the Mexican — described by Hernandez 108, and the plant figured by 



