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This prince was of a cruel and abandoned character: he expended his 

 paternal treasures upon sensual gratifications, and drained Parihasapnr of 

 its valuables and money, to purchase women for his haram : to raise money 

 also he sold great numbers of his subjects to the MUchchlias, and propa- 

 gated through the country, tenets and practices, fit for them alone : fortu- 

 nately his reign was a short one, lasting only seven years, 



Prithivyapira,* the elder son of Vajraditya, by the queen fflanjdrica, 

 succeeded his father, both in the throne and in his habits of life : at the end 

 of four years, however, he was dethroned by his brother Sangramapira, 

 the son of Mamma, one of Vajraditya's concubines apparently ; this prince 

 reigned seven years, and was succeeded by his younger brother, 



Ja yapira,"!" a monarch who was emulous of his grand-father's, Lalitadi- 

 tya's, renown. Shortly after his accession, this prince marched upon an ex- 

 pedition against his neighbours : his army was numerous and well appointed, 

 but not equally so with these which Lalitaditya had commanded, as a 

 proof of which some of the elderly citizens observed to the king, who had 

 questioned them on the subject, that he had but 80,000 litters with his ar- 

 my, whilst his grand-father had 125,000. He proceeded however on his ex- 

 pedition, and when he had marched some distance, Jaj ja+ his wife's brother, 

 availed himself of the opportunity to usurp the throne, and prepared for 

 the maintenance of his unjust pretentions. JayapIra's first determina- 

 tion, on receiving intelligence of the usurpation, was to march back to Cash- 

 mir, but on taking a review of his army, he found so many soldiers had de- 

 serted him, that he was not in a condition to vindicate his rights; he there- 

 fore disbanded the troops yet adhering to him, and with a few faithful fol- 

 lowers retired to Prayaga ; arrived here, he gave to the Brahmans, the horses 

 lately belonging to his army, amounting to 100,000 all but one, the grant 

 declaring that whoever should give an entire lac, might efface the seal of Ja- 

 yApira, and substitute his own: this grant he committed to the Ganges, th* 



* Pertooanund. Sungranund. — Alulfazl. 



■f Jeyammd. — Ibid. \ Jujnund. — Ibid. 



A. D. 



773. 



