1839.] 



Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts. 



palm leaves are wanting;; all besides is in regular order ; and the ma- 

 nuscript is in very good preservation. 



Note. — It is entered, with a general indication as to the contents, in 

 the Des. Catal. vol. 1, p. 349, art. 73. 



8. Rama raju vijayam, the triumph of Rama raju, No. 43 — Coun- 

 termark 309. 



This book, otherwise entitled Narapati vijayam, is an encomiastic 

 poem on Rama raju, the son-in law of Crishna rayer ; who was, at first, 

 the minister of Sada Siva, and, at length, usurped the sovereignty; but 

 was afterwards killed in battle against the Mahomedans at Talicotta. It 

 is, by one authority, ascribed to Timma-raj, one of the eight poets of 

 Crukna-rayer's court ; on whi< h point I am doubtful. The subject is, 

 at the outset, a genealogy, deduced from the usual Chandra vamsa, or 

 line of Hastinapuri : after the close of that race, it branches off into 

 what is termed the Sinha-culam, or lion tribe. It comes down, through 

 the Chaluldya race, to Rdma-raju himself ; and thence forward is ex- 

 travagant in its panegyric. It must be observed, that the genealogical 

 list is very lengthy ; as including the whole of the lunar line, in the most 

 ancient portion ; and quite as many names in the more modern series. 

 How far the author had the means of access to records, subsequent to 

 the cessation of the Chandra-vamsa, I cannot tell ; but it is in that 

 portiou that the list would merit to be compared with the various other 

 documents contained in this collection. It seems worthy of remark, 

 that, while western, and southern, Peninsular records always mention 

 Vicramaditya, Salivahana, and Bh&ja raja, the records of the upper 

 and eastern portion of Telingana usually continue the lunar line by- 

 transfer to the Chaluldyas ; and a careful attention to this distinction 

 may ultimately enlighten all that is obscure in the early centuries sub- 

 sequent to the commencement of the Christian era. 



Note. — The manuscript is old j written in a very small hand-writ- 

 ing ; but remains without material injury. Some other work seems 

 to have preceded it, as the No. on the leaves commences with 50 : it is 

 regular thence down to 75, where the writing leaves off, without having 

 been finished (as supposed) by the copyist. 



It is entered in Dees. Catal. vol. 1, p. 297, art. ii. with the later portion 

 of the genealogy immediately preceding Rama raju. 

 v 



b. Manuscript books. 



1. Manuscript book, No. 18— -Countermark 310, Narapati-vijayam r 

 or Rama raju vijayam* 



