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Mentioned as the 7th Thakuri prince.
33. Narồndradeva (cir. 690 A.D.) (In. 15). 34. Sivadêva II. son of 33, married to Vatsadevi, daughter of the Maukhari Bhogavarman, and daughter's daughter of Adityasena of Magadhà ;** (Sriharsha)-samvat 119-145 or 725-6-751-2 A.D. (Ins. 12-14; 15).
35. Jayadêva II, Parachakrakama son of No. 34, married to Rajyamati, daughter of Sriharshadêva, king of Gauda, Odra, Kalinga and Kosala, descendant of Bhagadatta; Sriharsha)-samvat 153, or 759-60 A.D. (In. 15).
Mentioned as the 12th prince of the Thakuri line.
CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEA.
THE ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY. With reference to the papers by the Rev. J. D. Bate (ante, pp. 103ff.), and Mr. E. Rehateek (pp. 208ff.), on the destruction of the Alexandrian Library, attention may be called to a paper on the subject by Mr. L. A. Wheatley in The Bibliogra. pher, vol. V, pp. 3-5 (Dec. 1883), in which he points out that Gibbon had good authority for his statement that the library was destroyed in A.D. 391. Orosius, who lived soon after early in the 5th
in the 5th century), mentions it. The Patriarch Theophilos, "annoyed at the Pagan element then dominant at the Serapeum, determined to destroy it and being unable of himself to do so, he complained to the
Emperor Theodosios the Great, who ordered it to be destroyed. If any books were still left, it is probable that they were removed to Byzantium by Theodosios II, who is related to have enlarged his libraries by bringing books from all quarters, Egypt being specially mentioned." Mr. Wheatley adds that Fournier in his Esprit dans l'Histoire, Delepierre in his Historical Fallacies, Renan in his lecture L'Islamisme et la Science, and Hill Burton in his Bookhanter, have all come to the same conclusion as Gibbon and Krehl on this question. The subject has also been discussed by PetitRadel, Recherches sur les Bibliothèques anciennes et modernes (Paris, 1819); Ritschl, die Alexandrin.
* The earliest kings of this little known dynasty are, -Yajfavarman, Sardalavarman, and Anantavarman. Three of thoir inscriptions, written in characters a little later than those of the Guptas, and hence probably belonging to the 5th century, are found near Gay. The most important of these documents, two of which have been badly edited by Prinsep, Jour. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. VI, pp. 647 and 677, runs according to my version, which has been made from the original, as follows:
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भूपानां मौखरीणां कुलमतनुगुणोऽलंचकारात्मजाल्या
ET OFFTTEGUETTA H gar:( कृष्णस्याकृष्णकीर्तिः प्रवरगिरिगुहासंश्रितं बिम्बमेतत् मूर्न लोके यशः स्वं रचितमिव मुदाधीकरत्कान्तिमत्सः[11] कालः शत्रुमहीभुजां प्रणयिणामिच्छाफलः पादपो 09:10 C ra:[1] कोन्ताचित्तहरः स्मरपतिसमः पाता बभूव क्षितेः श्रीशार्दूल इति प्रतिष्ठितयशाः सामन्तचूडामणिः[110 उत्पक्षास्तविलोहितोरुतरलस्पटेष्टतारा रुषा श्रीशार्दूलनृपः करोति विषमां यत्र स्वदृष्टिं रिपो [0] तनाकर्णविकृष्ट शाई-शरधिव्यस्तश्शरोन्तावहः तत्पुनस्य पतत्यनन्तसुखदस्यानन्तवर्मश्रुतेः [u] Another group of later Maukhari kings is known from
the Asirgarh seal (Jour. Roy. As. Soc., vol. III, p. 337. where, however, amongst other mistakes, the word Maukhari is misroad Honvari). They are:
1. Harivarman, married to Jayasvamint; their son 2. Adityavarman, married to HarshaguptA; their son 3. Ikvaravarman, married to Upaguptd; their son 4. Iúnavarman, married to Lakshmivati (?); their
son 5. Sarvarman, Maukhari. Among these kings, Iálnavarman (misread Santivar. man) is mentioned as the foo of Damodaragupta in the Aphaar inscription, where also one susthitavarman DoCurs Ms the enemy of Mahleenagupta. Sarvavarman's name is found in the Deo-Barnak inscription (Cunning. bam, Reporta, vol. XVI, p. 73). The same insoription names after Sarvavarman, the illustrious Avantivarman, who may be identified with Avantivarman, the Maukhari, whose son Grahavarman, according to the Sriharshacharita, married Rajyasrl, the sister of SriharshaHarshavardhana. Possibly our Bhôgavarman was a relative of the last prince. A king of this race, who is probably much older than all those enumerated above. Kshetravarman, the Maukhari, is also mentioned in the Sriharshacharita (Jour. Bo. Br. As. Soc., vol. X, D. 19). Compare also General Cunningham's Remarks on the Maukhari Dynasty, Arch. Reports, vol. XV, p. 166, and vol. XVI, pp. 78-81.
See above, p. 420.
Bhagadatta and Srlharshadeva probably belong to the dynasty of Pragjyotisha, to which Harshavardhana's contomporary Kumirarkja also belonged.
