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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscript 



[Jan. 



of inferior gods, asuras, and men — Avataras of F/*/i^iM— Eclipses— how 

 accounted for— Fasting at that time peculiar to Jndid— Hindu notions of 

 geography — meniiou of i\ip<^'l, Moghuli-^/an, Turki^tan, and Hindustan 

 proper —The birth of C'ri^hha, about one hundred years before the 

 end of the Duapara-yuga ; and hi.s building the town of Dwaraca, on iha 

 sea coast, and rt- iguiiig there. His actions are stated in plain language, 

 divested of the marvellous. 



The second Canda, or section, relating to the royal line of Hastina* 

 The genealogy of the race deduced from Soma. Accounts of the 

 Pandavas, and other persons, similar to matters in the Mahabharata, but 

 reduced to simple narrative, by the rejection of hyperbolical meta- 

 phors. A long lapse of time given to the later descendants, subsequent 

 to J ananiejat/a. Ficramaditi^a coDqMeved and ended that race. Re- 

 ferences to ^a/iVa/iana and Bhoja raja with their successors (of great 

 value if authentic) down to year of the Cali-yuga 3,700, about which 

 time is fixed the commencement of the Hegira. Hindu kings ruled 591 

 years after that period. The conquest of />e^A< placed in the reign of 

 Prlt'hu. Rise of the Mahomedan ascendancy. 



The third Canda or section. — Account of the fVillaet, or original 

 country of the Mahomedans. — Geographical details and defini- 

 tions of the country north-west of the Indus; adapted to aid in 

 fixing the reference of names in Pauranic geography. Mention of 

 Alexander's victory over Darius. Extended notice of ancient Iran 

 and Turan. Rise of Mahomed, in the year of Vicramaditya 6'il, 

 era of ■Sallvahava 43G. Notices of the Caliphs his successors. A 

 somewhat full account of Hassan and Hassan. Various subordinate mat- 

 ters. Persian invasion of Moullan and Lahore (by way of Candahar 

 and Cabal,) ..gainst Rama Deva king of that part of the country 

 {Hegira 431), who rouled the invaders and drove them back across the 

 Indus at Attock. Reference to Firdousi author of the Shah Nameh ; 

 the insufficient rew-ard given to him, which he bestowed in charity — 

 and satirised the promise-breaking patron. Invasion of from 

 P«r5za— taking tribute. Extension of the irruption in the Deccan — 

 plunder of the Carnalaca country, extending as far as Seringapa- 

 tam. Images of gods taken thence, and carried to the Padshah at 

 Delhi. Ramanuja was then at Seringapatam— and went to the 

 Padshah at Delhi ; by making interest through the medium of the 

 Padshah's daughter he recovered the sacred images, and brought them 

 back. The Padshah after making a treaty with the Delhi monarch re- 



