12 C. Bend all —History of Nepal and surrounding Kingdoms. [No. 1, 
the marriage of the prince Jayasthiti, a descendant of Harisimha of 
Simraon, with Rajalladevi. Jayasthiti was reigning when the chro¬ 
nicle was concluded and the chronicler naturally magnifies 4 the powers 
that be ’ and says little of the title of the lawful king whom Jayasthiti 
had managed to defeat and depose. But we see from the colophons of 
MSS. the real state of things. In 484 Karttika, October 1363 (a verified 
date : see the Table) Jayarjuna was on the throne and the colophon 
of the next MS. is fortunately very explicit. The MS. (see Cat. p. 88) 
was written in a well-known vihar in Lalit-Patan and the colophon 
adds in 491 (A.D. 371) that Jayarjuna was victoriously reigning (not only 
there but) ‘ Nepala-mandale’’ which we may construe to mean the whole 
of the valley. The scribes call Jayarjuna king down to February 1376. 1 
His name is also mentioned in connexion with the initiation-cere¬ 
mony of Dharmamalla son of Jayasthiti and Rajalia in 497 Jyestha 2 
(summer of 1377). On the other baud about 503 ( date of latest event 
in V 1 ) we find a reference to Jayarjuna as Vft 3 4 which 
can only mean his defeat, followed as it is by an acknowledgment of 
Jayasthiti as king of Nepal. 3 That Jayarjuna, however, did not submit 
without a struggle may be seen from the interesting colophon at Cat. 
p. 39, 1. 6 (unfortunately not dated) from which we learn that the MS. 
was copied “ in the victorious reign of Jayasthiti,” and that “ at that 
time the king named Jayarjuna was entering, with his ally, the Tripura- 
raja 4 in great commotion.” ; 
Jayasthiti was evidently a patron of literature ; not only are MSS. 
of his reign more numerous than in any preceding, but we find from 
the chronicle that even before his accession he celebrated the birth-cere¬ 
mony of his son Dharmamalla by a performance of a ‘four-act Rama- 
^ II Die princess’s name 
is not mentioned; but another marriage hardly would have been mentioned in the 
chronicle. 
1 Verified, see note to Table. I have re-examined the date in Cambridge Add., 
1488, which I formerly published as equivalent to 501 or 1384. The writing is very 
faint. See now note 3 to table below, p. 27. ? 
2 The passage is evidently an interesting cne, though unfortunately the end is 
not clear to me : Sjfc WTC ^ 
3 The words following are ^nxjT( ? wr 
i ii (sic) jnwfs^eft tuthwiCph: 
WH KT5T vm ’iqffT .* : ii 
; J l‘ 
4 A Tripura-raja is several times referred to in the chronicle. 
