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be Bengal. If Jainas came thence by sea, it must have been a circui- 

 tous voyage ; which induces me to think some other country intended. 

 Ajala-raja is a name of great celebrity in Java, of Hindu origin. 

 Query, whether the going to Udapu may mean sailing thither? 



Section 9. Account of Mirjan in Canara. 



In early times Jaina-lhayar devi built a town and fort, by the side 

 of a small river in the Mirjan district : which afterwards came under 

 the power of the rtsiapur-Padshah. One Malllcar son of B hat t a 

 Brahman of the Hayga class was seen by his preceptor asleep in the 

 sun, shaded by the hood of a serpent; on which the preceptor asked 

 what the said Malllcar wouid give him, on coming to the possession of 

 his kingdom : which the yoang man treated as a jest. But after some 

 time having obtained some wealth, he therewith raised a band of troops ; 

 and with it assaulted the dominions of the Visiapur ruler; took this 

 district, and governed it eighteen years, till his death. It then revert- 

 ed to the Mahomedans ; but afterwards came under the Nagara-raja, or 

 king of what is I believe usually termed Nugger* in the province of 

 Bidanore. 



Section 10. Account of Jinadanta and other kings, from a writing 

 by Sivaiya Jaina Gaudu of Horanad in Canara. 



Anciently about two hundred and fifty years ago (some error in the 

 date) one Bairasa-vadiyar & Jaina from U/tara-madhyma-desa, went to 

 the country of Samdna-maha~rayer, son of Jinadanta, carrying with him 

 an amman or image of a goddess, called Padmdvati; which he placed 

 in a shrine, near the country of the son of Jinadanta ; and, by the me- 

 rit of homage and offerings to that shrine, he conquered and acquired 

 the whole of the said country for himself. There is some loose legen- 

 dary matter ; for instance, mention of a king who ruled many hundreds 

 of thousands of years, which does not appear to be of any credibility, 

 or consequence. 



Section 11. Account of Baracur. 



This account goes up to a high antiquity referring to the establishment 

 of seven Saiva emblems by Marcandeya-rishi, said to be narrated in the 

 Marcandeya-puranam. It is stated to be the locality of the throne obtain- 

 ed from India, and the seat of power of an Isvara (lord) who ruled there- 

 on two thousand years (evidently meaning Vicramaditya). Afterwards 



* Perhaps the J\a^ara of Ptolemy, 



