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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
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and if there are any feuds between the rival sects, they are settled by intellectual rather than by physical force.
Now this proposal to assign thirty years to the reigns of Prabhâkaravardhana and Rajyavardhana, seems to me to create unnecessary difficulties. Hiouen-thsang says no more than that sixty years before 640 the throne was occupied by Siladitya. If we assign to Siladitya a reign from 550 to 600, it would have been equally true to say that Siladitya reigned sixty years before 640. There would then remain ten years for the reigns of Prabhakaravardhana and Rajyavardhana, both of whom died a violent death, and we should have the battle of Korur and the starting point of the Vikrama era, as well as the appointment of MAtrigupta to the throne of Kasmira, well within the reign of Vikramaditya, his reign extending to 550 A.D. "Sixty years' is probably meant for the Brihaspati cycle. This may be seen from the following table :550. Vikramaditya Harsha of
Ujjayini. 531-579. Khosru Nushirvan and Barzőt. 544. Battle of Korur, 600 after 56 B.C., era
of Vikrama. Siddhasena Sari, a Jain, helps in reckon
ing the era. 544. Matrigupta, ruler of Kasmira, contem
porary of Bhartsimentha. Kalidasa, contemporary of Dignåga,
Vasubandhu and Asanga. KAlidasa, mentioned with Bharavi in
inscript. 634 A.D.; his Setukdvya praised by Dandin (6th cent.) : he
quotes Bhâsa, Saumilla., Varkha-mihira, died 587; quotes Arya
bhata, born 476. Variha-mihara quotes Romaka-siddhanta by Srishena, 505, based on Lâta, Vasishtha, Vijaya nandin, &c.; quotes Pauliba-siddhanta by Paulus all Yunâni; quotes Vasishtha-sid dhanta by Vishnu-chandra; quotes Saurasiddhanta; Va-ha-mihira, quotes Paitamaha-siddhanta; also Satya
Bhadanta, Bådarayana, &c. Amara-simha, translated into Chinese
561-566. Jishnu, father of Brahmagupta (born 598). Dignaga, criticised by Uddyotakara, who
is mentioned by Subandhu, who is mentioned by Båna. Manoratha, teacher of Vasubandhu,
disgraced, 900 p. B. N.P
550-600. $11&ditya Prat&pasila (MAlava),
called Bhoja by Ferishtah. Vasubandhu restored, Pandit at NÅlanda,
brother of Asanga; died before 569. Prabhakaravardhana. Madhavagupta, Tåraka, Sushena, at his
Court. Rajyavardhana (eldest son). Defeats king of Málava. Is defeated by Sasanka of Karnasuvarna, an enemy of Buddha, or Gupta of Gauda. Fei-tu, Chinese
ambassador, 605. 610-650. Siladitya Harsha vardhana
(younger son), called Kumararaja, 'a
Vaisya. His sister, Rajyasri, wife of Grahavarman,
who was killed by king of MAlava. His minister Bhandi (Po-ni). Alliance with Bhaskara-varman, Kumara
of Pragjyotisha (Kámartpa). Wars with Pulakesin II of Maharashtra, temp. Hionen-thsang (618-625, Ma
Tuan-lin). Defeated by Pulakesin II, Saty&sraya,
who began to reign 609. Chinese embassy to Magadha, leaves 648,
arrives after Šiladitya's death. Visited by Hiouen-thsang, 629-645; by
Alopen, 639. Dandin Dalakumaracharita, Kavyddar
ba, old. Subandhu, Vasavadatta quoted by Båna.
quotes Uadyotakara, Dharmakirti, pupil of Asanga. Bana, Harshacharita, Kadambart, Chan
dikdstotra, Ratnávali (Dhavaka P)
Parvatiparinayandtaka (ed. Bombay). Mayora, Mayúra-sataka. Manatunga Sari, Bhaktamara-stotra. Narayana. Adhyaraja. Bhartsihari, died 650 (I-tsing): Jayaditya (Kafika), died 660 (I-tsing).
Brahmagupta, born 598. Though some of the links in this chronological system are still doubtful, the belief in the existence of a Vikramaditya in the first century B.C. may now be accounted for, while his real existence in the sixth century admits of little doubt.
THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PYGMIES, THE
MARTIKHORA, THE GRIFFINS, AND THE DIKARION OF KTESIAS.1 Having recently been engaged in an endeavour to identify the localities of the sources of the
From the Academy, April 21, 1883, p. 277.
