43° "On Egypt. and 'TH-e. Nile 



the Sage accordingly p r refcribed. a fit penance, which the conqueror per- 

 formed in the interior ~GuJha-dwip. A certain Thoules or Taules is men- 

 tioned in Egyptian h\&ovy as a fon of Gnus the Shepherd, 

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VIII. In the firfVpart of this effay, we intimated an opinion, that 

 Ugra-ftbdn was a part of Memphis, and J:hat tUgra, whom the Hindus 

 make a king o£ Dwdracd in Gujjdra-dis. or Gyjardt, wasthej IJchoreus, or 

 Ogdous, of the Greeks ; nor is it impoffiblej 'that Vexoris, who is repre- 

 fented as »a-^r'eat conqueror, was the fame perfori' with Uqho^eus. The 

 ftory of Ugra, or Ugrase'na, wefindin a book* entitled: Amq? e'swara- 

 sangraha-tantra ;' from which the following^ paffage is verbally tranflated : 

 " Ugrase'na, chief- ol.kings, was a bright ornament of the Yddqva race; 

 % . and, having takeji Qrpshn a for his affoeia^e, he became fovereign of all 

 " the D.wipas ;. the" Bevas, the Vacsbas, and th^Rdcshasds-,. paid hirrji; tri- 

 ** -kute.iagain/ aadi again; having entered Cusha-dwip,. and vanquimed its 

 f pr^^ nelMe/with pride, the monarch raifed an image of Iswara on 

 4f the banks of the river Call, whence the God was famed by the. titleipf 

 " Ugre'svvara, and the place was called Ugra-fthdna. ,y 



aril Bio tivjsifi r inymj . . •:..;-.' \ . • 



IX. The j fpj^wingc, legend from the Ufi^ra 7 ^/M:ndau^m^nif^\y con^ 

 nt^ed r y^\th t\^p\djfi\hi{ioTy a$d mythology Jn the world... r Jndra', king 

 of Merit., havkvgrflaih a Daitya of the facerdotal clafs, was obliged- to; re- 

 tire from the WOild', in order to perform the penance oidained for the crjme 

 of \ .Brahmahatyd,\Qi the murder of. a Brahmen; his dominions wereToOn 

 in the greateft jdiforde^'and the rebel Daityas. opprelTed the L)evas lt , who 

 applied for ailiftance to Nahusiia, a ,pxince./pi diftinguifhed virtues,;whpra 

 they, :unanimouny elected kirigiof their heayepl^>manfipnsj. ; with the title 

 of De vanah'Ubha. b His firft objecl : wasrta' reduce thc.Daiiyas and the 



