OR CUTTACK. 



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u and destroyed him, fixed the seat of his empire at Delhi." The author of 

 the Vansavali states, "With the assistance (or at the instigation) of the 

 "Yavanas, a person named Nri Nikas Salivahana Saca Hara* fought many 

 "battles with the Uaja, and deposed him from the throne of Delhi. From 

 " that period begins the sera called the Sacabda." 



It will be curious, and not altogether unprofitable, to compare these rela- 

 tions with a passage in Major Wilford's distinguished Essay on Vicrama- 

 ditya and Salivahana. lie says, page 123, "In the seventh section of the 

 " Vrihat-catha, we read, that there was a king of Pataliputrapura, called 

 "Vicramaditya, who hearing of the growing power of Nrisinha, king of the 

 " consecrated city or Pratishtdna called to his assistance the Gajapati,\ 

 "(lord of the Elephants or king of Thibet,) and the Asivapati, (lord of 

 " Horses or Horsemen, or the king of Persia.) The confederates took the 

 " field but were defeated by Nrisinha Nripa or Salivahana with an incredi- 

 " ble slaughter. Vicramaditya fled with the utmost precipitation," &c. In 

 another part it is observed that Vicramaditya " obliged Cataca (Cattaca) to 

 submit ;" probably brought it into a dependant and tributary relation to his 

 government, which may account for his being classed amongst the ancient 

 Sovereigns of the province. 



From the commencement of the Cali yuga to the fall of Vicramaditya, 

 Thirteen Rajas are made to reign for the monstrous term of years 3173, viz. 



Years. 

 Yudhisht'hira Deo, ---------- 12 



Parikshita, ------_->__-._ 757 



Janamejaya, - - - - ■ __. 51(5 



Sambar or Sancara Deo, ------- - 410 



Gautama Deo, ----------- 373 





* An ignorant translator employed by me, rendered Saca Hara, Sheikh Ilara. 

 + Query, the Raja of Orissa and the Sovereign of the Marhatta country ? 



