SS THE WISTORY OF PERAK FROM NATIVE SOURCES. 
cient tombs at Bruas support the popular tradition of its import- 
ance as a settlement in former times. ‘The most venerable spot in 
it from Yan al Jan. He it was who rode upon the horse named 
Mardan Darakas, the offspring of Yan al Jan; and it was he who 
slew the Jin called Mula Bazat, who dwelt on the mountain Maha 
Prabat guarding the sword of Yapat,* the son of the Prophet 
Noah, on whom be peace; and who possessed himself of the sword of 
Yapat, the son of Noah, which is not to be surpassed in this world. 
He it was who was a pupil of Brama Sakti,+ whose like there was 
not for supernatural virtues. He too it was who shit the nose of the 
son of the Raja Mambang Gangga Mahadira, and who cut off the 
ears of the son of Raja Dewa Mahajata. It was he who slew the 
demon Daniawa, whose bulk was that of a mountain, and the Deira 
Puteh who had fifty heads and one hundred arms. He too, took 
the ivory tablet bearing the picture of the princess Chandra Nulela 
from the hands of the Jin whose name is Sama. It was he who 
killed Raja Dewa, inthe world called Harmandan Dewa, and also 
the Raja of the Spirits of the Green Sea, whose name was Chakra 
Kahana. He it was who was imprisoned by Chakra Kahana for 
the space of a year and seven months in an iron prison, and yet 
came to no harm. It was he who slew the dragon in the sea of 
Para-Lankapuri, and who took the princess Langli [lang at the 
lake of the four brothers; and he also took the jewelled bracelet, 
the workmanship of Raja Jemshid, which was wonderful to behold, 
and, over and above that, of magic power and virtue. He it was 
who slew the spirit of the sea of Para-Lankapuri, whose name was 
Darma Gangga and the demon Hasta Brama, whose body was two 
hundred fathoms long, whose skin was red like fire, whose hair 
fell down to his ancles, whose tongue reached to his knees, and who 
had tusks seven fathoms in length. Andit was he who slew the Jin 
that dwelt below the earth whose name was Patlamah Sakti, and 
whose supernatural power was such that his brightness reached to 
the heavens. He it was who killed the Raja of all the Dewa and 
* Yapat=Japhet. 
+ Brana Sakti is described as an ascetic living a life of religious austerity. Possibly the 
incident has been derived from some one of the puranas in which god Bramha’s appearances 
on earth in the character of a religious mendicant are related, 
