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18GL] A Donative Inscription of the Tenth Century. 
disposed of, as sufficient voucher for antedating Udayaditya some 
four hundred and fifty years. It is scarcely credible.”* 
“ The first well authenticated fact,” says the Professor, “ is, that 
Udayapura was founded by Udayaditya iu 613 ; which city he named 
after himself.”f Of these assertions, on the contrary, there is not a 
particle of proof. Moreover, it was ill-advised to ignore Udaya- 
ditya’s filial relation to Bhoja, — a thing beyond dispute, — out of 
deference to the indications of an inscription which, even as it stands 
printed, should carry, to any properly sceptical mind, internal evi- 
dence of its worthlessness. 
Devas'akti and the nine following princes of the Professor’s series 
are included among the kings ofMalava, without the slightest reason 
that can endure investigation. In continuation of the passage 
quoted in the last paragraph, where mention is made of Udayapura 
and Udayaditya, we read : “ Whether King Devas'akti, who is first 
named in the inscription from that city, was his immediate successor, 
can neither he affirmed nor denied.” The inscription referred to is 
on copper ; and the supposition, on which the Professor’s reasoning 
hereabouts is mainly grounded, that it came from Udayapura, is a 
fiction of carelessness that may indeed excite surprize. ‘ A foot-note 
will render this sufficiently patent. J 
With regard to Mahendrapala, Karmaehandra, and Vijayananda, 
it is well to suspend decision. Much better warrant than that of the 
Ayin-i-Ahbari § is requisite as an inducement for prudence to deal 
* Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. VII., pp. 34, 35. 
t Indisclie Alterthumstcunde, Vol. III., p. 827. 
I See this Journal, for 1848, pp. 68 — 72. The contribution occupying those pages 
is headed “ Inscription from the Vijaya Mandir, Udayapur, &e.” Two inscrip- 
tions are treated of, the first of which, a hymn to the sun, is expressly stated to be 
“from the Vijaya Mandir at Udayapur;” while no clue is given to the source 
whence the Becond was obtained, that in which, are the names of Devas'akti, &c. 
In the Index to our Journal, published in 1856, we are informed, at p. 208, that 
from what locality it came is “ not known.” Its translator was Babu Rajen- 
dralal Mitra, who likewise compiled' the Index. “ The donor,” says the Babu, 
“ is evidently a scion of the well-known Pala dynasty of Gaur a conclusion 
which must be abandoned. 
Vinayakapala, a lineal descendant of Devas'akti, at a time not ascertained, 
bestowed, by grant, a village near Benares on one Bhatta Bhullaka. Vinayaka- 
pala is signalized as proprietor of numerous vessels. He must, then, have 
dwelt in the vicinity of some river, or, at least, have had one under his authority. 
His capital was Mahodaya ; a fact which all previous investigators have most 
unaccountably overlooked. Mahodaya is a name of Kanyakubja, or Kanoj. See 
the llaima-lcos a, IV., 39. 
I purpose to return, on a future occasion, to the subject here glanced at. 
§ London edition of the English translation, Vol. II,, pp. 49, 50. 
