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them, and the son grew up strong and active, and the king made him 

 a havildar and gave him command of the guard stationed to protect 

 the temple. One night the rajah repaired to the temple to perform 

 his devotions and coming in unattended, and as it were by stealth, 

 was mortally wounded by his son, who took him for a thief, but be- 

 fore he died he recounted the story of his son's birth and pointed out 

 that in falling by his hand, he had but fulfilled his destiny, and he re- 

 commended to the chiefs his son, who unwittingly had stabbed him, 

 to be his successor. Poolraj was slain in Shal. 1020, after a reign 

 of 72 years. In expiation for his crime of parricide, which weighed 

 heavily on his mind,Iloodrah-devi-ky made many pilgrimages, weighed 

 himself eight times against gold which he conferred on the brahmins, 

 and built temples without number; but in the midst of these pious 

 acts he was called away to combat the rajah of Kuttack, whom he 

 conquered. He reigned 68 years, died in Shal. 1088. His son Gun- 

 naputty rajah succeeded, he waged war against the rajah of Deoger, 

 with little success at first, but eventually he was victorious, and com- 

 pelled the rajah to pay tribute and confer on him the hand of his daugh- 

 ter. He warred as usual with most of his neighbours and with the 

 wonted success of his ancestors, but the great affliction of his house 

 clung to him, the want of offspring, yet by incessant poojahs he so pro- 

 pitiated the deities that a daughter was vouchsafed to him. He died 

 after constructing a hundred villages, which were all called Gunnah- 

 poor, and many tanks, in Shal. 1149. His widow, during the mi- 

 nority of her daughter, administered the affairs of state. She complet- 

 ed the stone \yall of Warungul, begun by her husband, and surround- 

 ed the city with an outer wall of mud called Boomi Cottah, and an 

 inner wall Pedda Cottah, which remain until this day. This prin- 

 cess rendered herself conspicuous by planting trees, conferring gifts 

 to brahmins, and in sacrificing to Pudma Devi ; for her piety she was 

 rewarded by success over all her enemies, foreign and domestic, and 

 her fortune and happiness were crowned by her daughter giving 

 birth to a son, and her people all called her mother; and in com- 

 memoration of her exploits she erected eight pillars in different parts 

 of her kingdom to show that none was so great or powerful as she. 



On the birth of her grandson she placed the infant on the throne, 

 and called on all classes of her subjects to salute him as their king, 

 and the hearts of all were rejoiced, and every temple and house were 

 painted and the streets cleared of all filth and encumbrance, to tes- 



