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for twelve days, and from that holy action fylslUm was generated: after the 

 subversion of the celestial kingdom, Bali, attended by Sukra, his officiating 

 family priest, was performing a great sacrifice on the banks of the N armada 

 at a place called Bhugu-kaccha, the modern Baroach. Vishnu having tak- 

 en the form of the dwarf (his fifth incarnation) went to the spot and begged 

 for alms. His appearance was so effulgent that those employed suspended 

 all action, wondering who he could be, some saying thatjire had honor- 

 ed the ceremony; others that it was the sun himself, &c. &c. Vishnu 

 commenced a recital of the Sam-veda ; Bali exclaimed that he must be a 

 holy Brahmana and demanded his wishes; the dwarf said all he required 

 was as much earth as he could encompass with three strides. Bali thought 

 this a curious request, he however granted it, and when about to seal the 

 promise with a vow, Sukra forbade him, telling him that he recognized 

 Vishnu; Bali however still determined to fulfil the promise, and Vishnu in 

 three strides passed over the whole earth: Bali will be India in the eighth 

 manwantara. 



18. Jay a Chandra was king of Kanoj and Benares. Mr. Colebrooke 

 in the 9th volume of the Researches makes him the same as Vijaya Chan- 

 dra. This is evidently wrong from the express statement that he was born 

 from Vijaya Chandra: Jaya Chandra went on a pilgrimage to Sinhala 

 (Ceylon) and received from Virabhadra, king of Sinhala, (whom by the by 

 lie conquered) a most beautiful female: Prithivi raja (commonly called 

 Pithaura) the last prince of the Chauhan dynasty, already enraged at 

 Jaya Chandra from a supposed assumption of having undertaken a sacrifice 

 at which Prithivi raja ought to have been allowed to preside, was exaspe- 

 rated at this, and a long and bloody war took place between the parties : 

 this lasted until Anno Domini 1192, when Sahebuddin invaded the domi- 

 nions of Pithaura : Jaya Chandra entered into a league with the invader, and 

 Pithaura was slain in desperate battle fought on the plains of Thanesar. 

 The alliance between Sahebuddin and Jaya Chandra did not last long, for 

 in the year 1194 a great battle was fought between them near Etawa in 



