1838.] Historical Narrative of the Rujahs of Goomsoor. lOi 



her caste, retired to Aragada. As the king there did not protect her, 

 she went to Gumsara, and being hospitably received, she (being before 

 pregnant) had there a son born to her called Fira Cesdva devu. The 

 Gajapati prince hearing of the circumstance came against Gliana 

 Blionju with a military force, and sent a message to G'hana B'honju 

 to this purport— " Will you give up my wife and child ? or will you 

 come out and fight?" G'hana B'honju fought with the Gajapati and 

 defeated him, so that he fled away on foot, and died fof wounds ?) in a 

 garden at Narashiha-puram. The Mahomedans learning these cir- 

 cumstances created much trouble in the Odissa (Orissa) country; 

 which intelligence reaching the ears of G'hana B'honju, he took the 

 part of Vira Cesava devu, and after defeating the Mahomedans instal- 

 led him in the sovereignty of the Sri Jaga.nad'ha country, on which 

 account Vira Cesava conferred on him the title of Cshefriya-vara-devu, 

 and honored him with presents. G' liana B'honju returning to his own 

 country, built an agraharam {Brahman'' s street) which he called 

 Cshetriya-vara-puram. He acquired great fame. By one of his wives 

 he had a son named Bairagi B'honju. He had also other sons, respec- 

 tively named Hari sevaca B'honju, Crishna B'honju of a mother of the 

 Dasa-palla-varu tribe, Fasu-deva B'honju, Dindbond'hu B'honju, 

 Canjavi-hari B'honju, Rana-chandra B'honju, and Cesdva B^honju^ 

 eight in all. He ruled thirty-eight years. AVhile his son Crishna 

 B'honju was ruling, Bairagi B'honju with his younger brother went 

 away on foot, and gave his younger sister to Vira Cesdva devu. Ha.ri- 

 sevaca B'honju had no posterity. During the rule of Crishna B' honju 

 one named B' husa* B'husi, having come, destroyed the fort called 

 Vishnu Chacra, and imposed a tribute of fifteen thousand (rupees ?). 

 This chief (Crishna B'hoyiju) acquired celebrity, gave his weight in 

 gold, and other donations (io Brahmans), consecrated an image named 

 Sri N array ana-svami, in N array o:na-patnam ; built several other 

 fanes, and excavated reservoirs. He erected two agrahdras {Brahman 

 streets) one at the town called Narrayana, and one at the town called 

 Crishna-sarana. He maintained perpetual lights in several fanes, and 

 had sacrifices conducted by Brahmans. By a daughter of the ruler of 

 Dhdra-cotla he had a sou named LacsJnnana B'honju, his eldest son. 

 By a daughter Navaga-daru (name of a chief or tribe) he had a 

 second son named Vicrama B'honju. At the time of the latter's mar- 

 riage, the father nom.inated him as second in authority, and conse- 



* It seems probable that this is the Telugu author's mode of expressing the name of the 

 Frencli commander, Monsieur Bussy. 



