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years. They then sent both herself and child away; assigning as the 

 cause, that should the ruler of Haslinapuri {[he enemy of her husband), 

 hear of the child being there, he would manifest great displeasure 

 against the people of that town. She thereupon, in great distress, re- 

 turned to the same wilderness as before; where she continued till her 

 son was eighteen years of age: who then gathered around him 500 

 Bauddhas, and plundered on all sides. While so engaged, he suc- 

 ceeded in capturing an escort that was conveying 50 lakhs of money to 

 the treasury of the Hastinapuri-monu.vch. After this capture he con- 

 sidered it no longer suitable to remain in his former obscure station. 

 He negociated for a wife: and obtained the daughter of Jey-singh oi 

 Stravunagudi, who gave with her a magnificent marriage portion; the 

 details of which are mentioned. As J e?/-s ing k Ivdd no male descend- 

 ant, he caused his son-in-law to be anointed as his successor ; who 

 greatly strengthened himself, and took several towns, the names of 

 which are given, from his father's enemy, the monarch of Hastinapuri. 

 He ruled 70 years; dying in the year 800 (Cali-yuga? ), His son 

 was Vira-sena who ruled 50 years. The descendants of this last con- 

 tinued to rule during a period of 856 years. Subsequently the country- 

 was conquered by Bakhti-singh of Patanavil, who resided in Bombay j 

 and thence extended an authority over many neighbouring countries. 

 After 30 years rule he died, and his son ruled in his stead j previous- 

 ly forming a marriage alliance with the daughter of the king of Sura- 

 pur, He afterwards repudiated her, and married another wife. After 

 some intermediate events, the country was conquered by the king of 

 Ananta-pur, a Jaina king. At this period Ahmed-i-juj came from Ara- 

 bia, with 125 thousand troops, and conquered the country. Disputes 

 between the Mahomedans and Jainas, on religious points of difference, 

 ensued. The Mahomedan restored the country to the former Jaina 

 king,- and retired. Another Mahomedan, named ^\x\i2i\\^jam-ud-jah, 

 came and fought with the ^/'ama king for seven months, killing the 

 said king. The kingdom became Mahomedan in 1200 .Sac ; when the 

 town of Patanavili was changed into Pir-Patanam. The conqueror 

 afterw-ards put all the female household of the late king to death. 

 The Mahomedan religion was established by him, as that of the coun- 

 try. It is stated that the town is now called Delhi (which implies 

 something wrong). Here follows, in the manuscript, a detail of towns 

 and dependencies; carrying up a reference to the origin of them, from 

 a time when the country was throughout a wilderness. At the time 

 when the account was written Gujerat was under the rule of the 

 Peishwa Baji-rao^ %QXiQi Ra^honatha, The account was written at 



