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C. Bendall —History of Nepal and surrounding Kingdoms. [No. 1, 
when one had no fixed rules of grammar to help in the interpre¬ 
tation, seemed in many places quite doubtful. I have been conse¬ 
quently permitted by the Council of the Society to take the latter 
alternative, and have'accordingly reproduced a selection of the most 
important leaves, of which I made legible negatives while the MS. was 
lent to me. It will be noted that the selected leaves begin with 3A. 
I only publish now a portion of this leaf, as I reserve for future 
treatment the kings of Nepal before 879 A.D. in connection with my 
recently-discovered inscriptions. 
From the prominent way in which temple-donations are recorded, 
it may be conjectured that this part of the MS. (V 1 ) may be in some way 
connected with the records of the great shrine of Pasupati. 
V 2 is a document of different origin ; it is a list of births of royal 
and other distinguished personages. The language is unfortunately 
old Newari; but one can make out the names and dates clearly enough. 
These extend, not always in strict chronological order, from N.S. 177 
to 396. A specimen is given in the Plate, fig. 10. All the information 
given in this section of the Chronicle, so far as it relates to the kings, 
will be found condensed in the notes to the Table of kings below. 
Towards the end of the section other information beside births, deaths, 
and the like is introduced, but I have been able to make but little use 
of this owing to the difficulties of the language, for which I can get no 
adequate help either in Nepal or in Europe. 
V 3 is perhaps merely a continuation of V 2 . I have called it a 
separate doonment, because a slight break with double dandas occurs 
in the original MS. at the end of fol. 36 a , and because at this point 
there is a marked difference of style. The string of short paragraphs, 
each recording little more than a birth, is abandoned, and the annals 
become more expanded. The previous section had ended, as I said, 
with N.S. 396. This, however, begins with N.S. 379 and the history 
would not seem to be treated on a strictly chronological basis, as the 
irregularity of order in the dates noticed in V s is here more pro¬ 
nounced. The latest date, as already noted, is N.S. 508 (f. 635). 
The events mentioned in Y l are sometimes described here in fuller 
detail. 1 On the other hand, the chronological details though full seem 
not to be quite so trustworthy. 2 
1 For example, the famine in the reign of Abhayamalla in N.S. 352 (Y3, 395, 
mentioned at p. 8, note 2, below.) * 
2 Thus at 40 a we get the birth of Javatuhgamalla, son of Jayarudramalla, 
Sam vat 410. margasira sukla trayodasi Annradha ghati 17 S'ula. 37 angaravare 
(Tuesday). But Prof. Jacobi, who baa kindly worked out the date, reports that the 
day in question was a Monday and points out that “ Margasira can never be 
