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the government of their country.» Seven of them have.comé to my know- 
ledge, three‘ of which are in «my possession. The, two oldest are. the 
Munja-prati-dés'a-vyavast hd, or an account of various countries, written 
by Rajaé Munsa, im the latter end of the ninth century: it was revised 
and improved by Rdjd Buosa his nephew, in. the beginning Gf the tenth, 
it is supposed; and this new edition. was published:under! the name of 
Bhoja-prati-désa-vyavasthd. These: two :treatisesy-whttch, are | volumin- 
ous, particularly the latter, arevstill:te be found ant Gwardt,, as Lwas 
repeatedly assured, by a most respectable Pandit, a native of that coun- 
try; who died some years ago, in my service. I: then applied to the 
late Mr. Duneay, Governor of Bombay, to procure these two geogra- 
phical tracts, but'in vain: his enquiries however:confitmed their existence. 
These two are not mentioned in any’ Sanserit book, that Lever saw.--The: 
next geographical treatise, is that written by) order! of, the famous Bucca= 
RAVA or Bueca-srnits, who riled in thé peninsula,incthe year of Vicra- 
MApiTys, 1341, answering to the year 1285 of: our era. --It 4s. mentioned 
in the conimentary on‘ the géographyof; thei Mahd-bhdraga,; and it is said,. 
that hé wrote an account:of the 310 Ridjaships.of India,.and Palibothra 
is mentioned init. Isuspect that this:is the jgeographical treatise. called 
Bhuvana:sdgara, or sea of mansions,inthe Dekiing @ eo 
' A’ pAssage from it, is cited by professor Siow! Bayer, inewhich is menti- 
oned the town of Nisadahiram, in the ‘Pamul. dialect,* butin-Sanserié 
Nahushapur, or Nauskapur, from an ancient and famous king of that. name 
* In which dd is the mark of the possessive case: 
