35® On Egypt and the Nile 



father* being apprized of their death, fent an army againft Capila, wh© 

 flood fixed to receive them ; and, when they approached, unbound his jafa, 

 or long -plaited hair, and, giving it a twill, flruck the ground twice pr thrice 

 with it, calling an oblique glance of contempt on his adverfaries i in that mo- 

 ment an army of men with curled hair iprang from the earth, attacked the 

 legions of Sagar, and defeated ,them<. After their victory they returned to 

 the Sage, afeing who they were, and demanding a fit place of abode.— 

 Capila told them, that they were Jatdpat, or produced by the fall of his 

 locks on the ground; that from the fide look^ which he had carl on his 

 enemies^ their hair was cufila> or crifp ; that they mould thence be called 

 Cut Has and Cutila-ceCas ; that they mull be yat'hatat'hyas, or live as they ivere, 

 when produced by him, that is, always prepared for jufl war; that they 

 mufl repair to Sancha-dwip, and form a fettlernent, in which they would 

 encounter many difficulties and be continually harraffed by bad neighbours ; 

 but that, when Crish n a fhould .overpower and deftroy Sanc'ha'sura^ 

 He would eflabllffi their empire, and fecure it from future mcleflation* 

 They accordingly travelled through the interior Cufha-divipa, where the 

 greatefl part of them chofe to remain, and received afterwards a terrible 

 overthrow from Paras u-ra'ma: the others pafTed into Sancha-dwip, and 

 fettled on the banks of the Call ; but, having revolted againfl De'va- 

 n ah usb a, they were almoft wholly extirpated by that potent monarch. 



Violent feuds had long fubfifled between the family of Gautama 09 

 one fide, and thofe of Viswa'mitra and Jamapagni on the other: 

 the kings pf Cujha-dwip within took the part of Gautama; and the 

 Haihayas, a very powerful nation in ,that country (whom I believe to have 

 been Berfians) were inveterate againfl Jamadagni, whom they killed 

 after defeating his army* Among the confederates in Cufia-dwtpa were the 



