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Three Sanskrit Inscriptions, 
[No. 2, 
^r’T^fccnsra;:^:n *b n 
^ara'iffitvI’jjsR^Tsrc^h: irax: 
TSftl<if<mtgVTTTtTfTTftr | 
^SfT^^g nfcii!^JT3gf*T ftniT ft*? 
’B'fl'^j 'emniftra ftmxpc WTSftftrecT trainsu 
xjcf^cr: i 
TOTSS^TO^cltftT^XT- 
'TOSTOfTiT II || 
ftcril'iiT ■gmftcfTJfn 
^ \ 
TwftTOT i 
TOjhc^vrn’^'ijj itrGJT 
^TOfTO *Tf}ftr ^I^9TS;: II \4 II 
^srerwiniNi ’sfftvfti^v'sixrn i 
^rsr^tfftf^nn nxi?r g?rw u \« n 
*ffft TO ftg | 
ftN cl-g-f^^Hfl ^vftT=?^r: II \<= II 
St sr^m triftig Ti^mfti 
^T^lfS XiVT VTO= VUftf I 
t*ft ppto s ^ 
C\ 
^rroft utro’Rrewr n p» 11 
TTTfaRTT W^T^H^^TTOEn-ftfw: | 
Huna to any but a division of the tribe of Kshatriyas. Venkata Adhwarin, in a 
carious and fanciful work, doubtless indicates thereby the early Portuguese, 
settled in the vicinity of Madras. He has the fairness to commend the Hunas 
for their justice, and ingenuity in handicrafts. This acknowledgement is, how¬ 
ever, set off against the accusation of cruelty, impurity, and cheap esteem for 
Brahmans. “ Greater reprobates would be harder to find in the world and 
“ Their faults baffle description,” ^ ^TMJ: ^f^pTWr ; arid 
Vis'wagunadars'a , Bombay edition of S'alca 1774, fob 
22, verso. 
In the present day, the pandits universally take Huna to denote Europeans, 
