1839] 



Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripis, 



treasury. One of the guardians of the fane, having neglected to do soy 

 was followed by the Mahomedans, seized in the fane, and imprisoned. 

 The god offended at this ill treatment of his votary, withheld rain for 

 twenty-four years from the country of the Moghuls : in consequence of 

 which visitation they gave a jaghire for the purpose of providing the 

 customary articles for its service ; and then the god sent rain in abund- 

 ance. Sivaji, and other Mahraita rulers, made large donations in 

 land for the benefit of the fane, which thus became very prosperous. 



These particulars concerning Pundri-pur were written, to the best of 

 their knowledge and information, by Malla-hara Bhatt, and Lacshmana 

 Bhatt, at the desire of Colonel Mackenzie, in May i 807. 



Remark. This paper is curious, chiefly in a mythological point of 

 view ; but it indicates a low standard of intellectual attainment. The 

 indirect contempt of pilgrimage to the Ganges, and the preference 

 given to domestic piety, are however observable. The anachronism 

 and contradiction of making Crishna, the so-termed eighth avatara of 

 Vishnu, go away in order to become the fourth, as Varahasvami ov Paiiri- 

 QiaVha, is of a different and much inferior kind. 



Note. — The document is written on stout Europe paper, in unfading 

 ink : and being also untouched by insects its restoration is not 

 required. 



Section 2. Statistical account of Ahmednagar, 



Commodities imported and exported, periods of cultivation, and of 

 rain — times of harvest — productions of the soil: these are minutely speci- 

 fied, as far as the document proceeds. 



Remark. The English heading of the section also promises an 

 account of beasts and birds ; but the document in the book is not 

 complete ; and how many leaves, at the end, are wanting cannot be 

 ascertained. It is written on very thin country paper, with indelible 

 ink ; but has been severely injured by insects. As however the sub- 

 ject matter is not of importance ; and as the document is not complete ; 

 its restoration has not been thought needful. 



Section 3. Account of Comaradee-Shah inhabitant of Wastarra 1805. 



Such is the heading of the paper itself, which by the native w^'iter 

 of the table of contents, has been made — " Account of Camaraully Sahan 

 of Hindoostan." 



