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of the names of the Baluches and of the Brahuis is 
unknown, but I helieve that they are in some way related 
to, if not indeed identical with, each other. I recognise in 
the name of the Paratas ^' and Paradas who dwelt in North- 
eastern Baluchistan,— which country coincides with the Para- 
dene of Ptolemy,^^ — the origin of the modern word Brahui. 
Both the Sanskrit as v/ell as the Dravidian languages possess 
the two liquids r and /, yet the former letter seems to have 
^ ' when she grew up, she was employed (as was customary with the females 
■" of the Parawa tribe) to ferry passengers over the river. On a certain day, 
■"the sage Pdrdsara having chanced to meet her at the ferry, she became 
*' with child by him, and was subsequently delivered of a son, the famous 
Vyasa, who composed the Puranas. Her great personal charms afterwards 
*' induced king Santanu, of the lunar race, to admit her to his roj'al bed, and 
*' by him she became the mother of Vachitravirxja, the grandsire of the 
Pandavas and Katiravas. . Hence the Para was boast of being allied to the 
*' lunar race, and call themselves accordingly, besides displaying at their 
" wedding feasts the banners and emblems peculiar to it." 
This is the story of Satyavatl {MaAsyagaridhT), the mother of VyS-sa by 
Parasara, and of Vicitravirj-a and Citrafigada by Santanu, which is told 
in the Adiparva in the 63rd and 100th chapters and elsewhere, as also in 
the Harivamsa, XVIII, 38-45. Compare also J. Talboys Wheeler's History 
India, vol. I, pp. 60-62. 
It is peculiar that the Pallevdndlu in the Telugu country who corres- 
pond to the Pajlis in the South are mostly fishermen, though the same term 
pallevdndlu applies also to villagers. la North India a class of fishermen 
is called Malla. The name denotes the tribe and not the occupation. 
The modern Baluches say that they came from Aleppo in Syria. Little 
is known about the origin of their name. It resembles that of the Ballas 
and Bhalanas, though it is unsaft; to make any conjecture in this respect. 
" See Brhatsamhita, x, 5, 7; xiii, 9; xiv, 21, &c. Varahamihira men- 
tions the Paratas together with the Ramatas, and with other nations on the 
northern frontier of India, e.g., Saka-Yavana-Darada-Parata-Kambojah, 
The Paradas occur in Manu (x, 44), in the Ramayana, and repeatedly in the 
Mahabharata, Harivarasa and Visnupuraiia. 
It has been also proposed to explain Pdrada as meaning a people living 
across the river, in this case beyond the Indus. Such a name could hardly 
have been assumed by the Paradas themselves, especially if they had never 
crossed the Indus. 
'■^ When describing Gedrosia Ptolemy VI, 21, 4, sa5's : Ta jx^v oZv i-nl 
€a\d<T(TT) rrjs x^^P"' Karex"^"'"' Ap/SiTwi/ Kwfxai, to. Si wapa tt)c Kap/iOcio» 
Iiap(riSai(fi Tlapalpai), raSi irapa t^v 'Apaxio<Tiav Mova'apuaTni, rj Se fi€<Tri Trjs 
Xu>pas ira<Tu KoAciTai TlapaSrjvf), kuI vtt' avrijy Ilapicrirjc^j, fied' i^y to npbs T<f 
IvSf KarexoutTi 'Pdfivai. Besides Faradene may be mentioned as connected by 
