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ON THE ORIGINAL INHABITANtS 
to native tradition early in the Kaliyuga, wMle H. H. Wilson 
places his reign in the second half of the second century A.D. 
Mayura Varma, the Myuru Vanna of Buchanan, either the 
third or the sixth king of this dynasty, had a son Trinetra 
Kadamba, also known as Ksetra Varma and Candragada. 
He was the brother-in-law of Lokaditya, the son of Candra- 
sena. Great confusion prevails in this matter. 
The resemblance between the two names Subasil-a and 
Huviska is so great, that one might suspect them to be iden- 
tical. If this is the case, we must consider whether there 
existed only one or two or more kings of this same name. 
If only one king of this name ruled, his exploits must have 
been transferred to a subsequent period, in order to confer 
on the then reigning dynasty (in this circumstance on the 
race of the Kadambas the glory of having slain such a 
distinguished sovereign. If we can trace more than one ruler 
of the name of Huviska (Hubasika), the difficulty as to the 
date is removed. Yet, I feel inclined to assume that only 
one king of this name did exist, and that Hubasika's or 
Huviska's invasion is separated from Lokaditya'a reign by a 
long intervening period. The identity of the original Huba- 
sika with Huviska will be of considerable historical interest, 
as it proves the great impression which the invasions of 
the Indo-Scythians made on the mind of the Indian people. 
The similarity between Koraiio and Koraga, the names of 
the tribes over whom Huviska and Hubasika respectively 
ruled, must also not be overlooked. 
Mayura Varma is credited with ha^-ing introduced Brah- 
mans to Kanara. His capital was Banavasi, akeady men- 
tioned by Ptolemy (VII, 1, 83) as Bavaovacrei. 
The change of an into a sibilant does not offer any 
philological difficulty, especially in Sanskrit, so that the 
forms Kanislia and Huckka requii-e no particular explanation, 
if the original national pronounciation preferred nn ;• and 
See p. 210. 
