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been planted in A. D. 1013, during the reign of Mahmud of Ghazni. 
This indeed is about the date of the temple itself, which is said to 
have been built by Suhri-dal, Raja of Asokpur, and the antagonist 
of Sayid Salar. The Raja is also called Suhal-dhar, Sohil-dal, and 
Sohil Deo, and is variously said to have been a Thdéru, a Bhar, a Kéla- 
hansa, or a Bais Rajput. The majority, however, is in favour of his 
having been a Thdru. The mound with the Mahwa tree is called 
Raja Sohil-dal-ka-khalanga or “ Sohil-dal’s seat.” His city of Asok- 
pur is said to have extended to Dumariya-Dih, 2 kos to the north, 
and to Sareya-Dth, half a kos to the south of the temple. At both of 
these places there are old brick-covered mounds, in which several 
hundreds of coins have been lately found. Most of the coins belong 
to the early Musalman Kings of Delhi, the Ghoris and Khiljis; but 
there were also a few Hindoo coins, in base silver and copper, with 
the Boar incarnation of Vishnu on one side, and the legend of Sri-mad- 
Adi-Vardha on the reverse in medieval characters. As these coins 
are referred to by name, in an inscription of A. D. 920, as Sri-mad- 
Adi-Varaha drammas, or “ Boar incarnation drachmas,” the mounds 
in which they have been discovered must be of still earlier date. 
Tradition gives the genealogy of the Tharu Rajas of Gauda as | 
follows :— 
A. D. 900 1 Mora-dhaj, or Mayura-dhwaja. 
925 2 Hans-dhaj, or Hansa-dhwaja. 
950 3 Makar-dhaj, or Makara-dhwaja. 
975 4 Sudhanwa-dhaj. 
1000 5 Suhridal-dhaj, contemporary of Mahmud. 
I give this genealogy with the probable dates, as it may per- 
haps be of use hereafter in fixing the age of other Princes and their 
works. 
XX.—SAHET-MAHET, OR SRAVASTI. 
327. The position of the famous city of Srdvastz, one of the most 
celebrated places in the annals of Buddhism, has long puzzled our best 
scholars. This was owing partly to the contradictory statements of 
the Chinese pilgrims themselves, and partly to the want of a good 
map of the Province of Oudh. In para. 304 of this report I have — 
compared the bearings and distances recorded by Fa Hian and Hwen 
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