10 q HISTORY OF CASHM1B. 



of tiie Culi. But by this only 3596 years are accounted for, and there is 

 remaining of the Cali 650 : however our author here brings YudhishthircCs 

 sera to the Sdlivdhana aera, as otherwise the difference between that and 

 Vicramas or 134 years, must be added to the 650; he also computes the 

 difference between Vicrama and Sdlivdhana to be 135 years ; we are then 

 quite in possession of his meaning", for ; 

 Years of the Cali to the aera of Yudhishthir, -- 653 



Year from Yudhishthir to Sdlivdhana, - - 2526 



Years from Salivahana to our author's own date, 1070 



Total of the Cali .... 4249 



being nearly the same as the result of our first calculation, and but three 

 years more than in our last calculation being the difference required in con- 

 firmation of our author's theory. Major Wilford makes the years of Yud- 

 hishthir extend to the Sdlivdhana aer a (A. R. ix.211.) Mr. Colebrookehas 

 given the passage relating to the revolution of the seven Rishis, and has de- 

 scribed the theory which states it ; as has Major Wilford in the first pages 

 of the same volume (87, ~88,~&c.) With respect to the period of the com- 

 mencement of the Cali age our author's notions are the same as those com- 

 monly received, 



No. V. 



On the War between Jarasandha and Crishna. 



Although the name of Gonerda does not appear in the Mahdhlidrat, 

 yet there is an- account of an inveterate and sanguinary war between Ja- 

 rasandha and Crishna, in the course of which a battle on the Yamuna 

 took place, when Hamsa and Dijmbjca* two princes in alliance with the 

 former, were killed. Hamsa was defeated by Balarama, driven into the 

 Yamuna and drowned. The cause and course of this war are narrated in the 

 MahdbMmt with great appearance of probability, and throw considerable 



