28 ON THE ANCIENT 
introduced a very inaccurate account of the rebellion of Cuarryvan-sinta, 
commonly called Cuzyr-sine, in the year, I believe 1781: but the style is 
different. 
Tue seventh is the Cshétra-samdasa already mentioned, and which was 
written by order of Brysaua, the last Raja of Patna, who died in the year 
1648, Though a modern work, yet it is nevertheless a valuable and 
interesting performance. It contains only the Gungetick provinces and 
some parts of the peninsula, such as Trichind-vali, &c. The death of the 
Raja prevented his Pandit Jaccanmonun from finishing it, as it was 
intended, for the information of his children. 
Tue last chapter, which was originally a detached work, is an account 
of Pdtali-putra, and: of Péli-bhdté as it is called there, and it consists 
of forty-seven leaves. This was written previously to the geographical 
treatise, and it gives an account, geographical, historical, and also mytho- 
logical of these two cities, which were contiguous to each other. It gives 
also a short history of the Raja’s family, and of his ancestors, and on that 
account only was this small tract originally undertaken. We may of 
course reasonably suppose that it was written at least 170 years ago. 
Tne writer informs us that, long after the death of Raja Bissata or 
Bassyaua, he was earnestly requested by his friends, to complete the work, 
or at least to’ arrange the materials, he had already collected, in some 
order, and to publish it, even in that state. He complied with their 
request; but it must have been long after the death of the king, for he 
mentions Pondichery ; saying, that it was inhabited by Firangs, and had 
