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and others, all conquered* by his own might, and maintained 

 in their former prosperity, and all their inhabitants, both 

 high and low, converted into obedient subjects — all these 

 countries, under His Majesty forming one Empire, and fur- 

 nishing every object of desire and gratification." 



Be these differences, however, as they may, the marks of 

 resemblance, and therefore mere presumptive proofs in 

 support of the hypothesis, become perfectly valueless, when 

 we refer to the direct evidence contained in the Rdja Tar an- 

 gani, of the descent of Prince Asoka, of Kashmir. In the 

 Raj avjali Pataka, by Prajya Bhatta, brought up to the conquest 

 of the valley by the Emperor Akbar, (printed at Calcutta, 

 edition, of 1835,) occurs the following passage : — 



Athanya vansha jo raja ; Godharo nama bhagya van [35 v. 7ni.] 

 Tadangajah Suvarnakhya [v. 60.] s'tatsiinur Janakonrupah [v. 6.] 

 Saclrinaras tassya sunu [v. 71.] r'As6ka-stat pitruvyajah [v. 62.] 

 Jalawkastatsuto nama Kashmireshu sukapradali [30. v.] 



" Thereafter, an illustrious prince named Godhara, born of a differ- 

 ent race (reigned 35 years and 7 months), his son Swarna (60 years), 

 his son king Janaka (6 years), his son Sachinara (71 years), his 

 father's brother's son {i.e., cousin) Asoka (62 years), his son named 

 Jalawka, the benefactor of Kashmira (30 years). 



If therefore my translation of this passage be correct, the 

 identity attempted to be instituted between As6ka " the sou 

 of Sachinara's father's brother," (upon the supposition that he 

 was only descended from the paternal great uncle of Khagan- 

 draf), and the Indian Asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta, 

 and the son of Bindusara, falls to the ground. For, according 

 to the genealogy here given, Asoka was the grandson of 



* " The native chronicles of Cashmir," says Sir Erskine Perry in 

 an account of this great Hindu Monarch, &c, in the Bombay Asiatic 

 Journal, xiv. p 173, "ascribe its acquisition to inheritance." 



f "Descended from the paternal great uncle of Khageudra."— Pr. Wilson. 







