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of GoADMA (Gautama) who introduced the worship of Buddha into these 

 regions, during the reign of Chanda Sorea Gota,* and built the famous 

 temple of Mahamuryicha. When the religion of Buddha had been universally 

 adopted, Goadma told the King, that he intended visiting other nations 

 of the earth, for the purpose of propagating the true religion, and solicited 

 his permission to depart, which was granted, on his allowing the King to take 

 a caste of his figure in mixed metals ; all the cunning artificers in the king- 

 dom having been convened, the work was commenced on a Wednesday 

 morning, and on the following Friday, the caste was complete, when Goad- 

 ma disappeared, and the image was set up in his stead. The image is stated 

 to be composed of equal parts, gold, silver, copper, brass, lead, tin, iron, steel 

 and tutenague, and of the following dimensions : 



Pedestal, of the same metals as the image, four cubits broad. 



Figure, in a sitting posture, eight cubits high. 



Chanda Sorea Gota, the first Raja on record, after a long and happy 

 reign, died in the sixty-third year of the Mugh era. 



His successors were lsorea K 



ADoo, who di 



ed m the j 



Mugh era II7 



Maha Jyng, 







154, 



Sorea Chanda, 1st 







226 



MoiLA Tyn Chanda, 







268 



Bulea Chanda, 







288 



Kala Chanda, 







...... 317 



Thala Chanda, 1st ...... 







34^6 



Sorea Chanda, 2d 



„.«..» 





- 36S 



Sikhi Raja, ..,.,, 







384. 



* Possibly for Surya Gotra, the Solar dynasty, or the whole may imply the Kings of the Solar 

 and Lunar races, or the periods during which those dynasties were in existence, rather than any 

 particular individual. It is to be observed, however, that ia either case, the Mugh Chronology will 

 not correspond with that of the Puranas.— H. H. W. 



