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APRIL, 1889.)
EXTRACTS FROM THE RAJATARAMGINI.
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EXTRACES FROM KALHANA'S RAJATARAMGINI.
BY E. HULTZSCH, PH.D.; BANGALORE.
(Continued from p. 73.) No. 2.--EXTRACTS FROM The First TARAMGA; CONCLUDED. He remainder of the first Taramga treats of the dynasty of Gonanda III., and introduces 1 ts to what purports to be a much more definite history, inasmuch as from this point there is given the duration of the reign of each king, and we have also the assumed startingpoint of the accession of Gônanda III. in Kaliyuga-Samvat 1919 (expired), or B. C. 1182. For the period commencing with this point, Kalhana does not quote any particular previous writers as his authority; and probably we come now to the details which, as he tells us in verse 15, were pnt together from his examination of the charters (áásana) of previous kings recording the consecration of temples and grants to them, the laudatory inscriptions (prakasti-patta), and manuscripts (sástra).
I subjoin a list of the twenty-one kings of this dynasty, with the supposed duration of the reign of each of them, and, --without at present entering on the question of adjustment, with the year of the accession of each of them as deduced from the starting point of the commencement of the reign of Gônanda III. CONTINUATION OF LIST OF THE KINGS OF KASMIR.
Length of reigu. V. The Dynasty of Gonanda III.
y. m. d. 1. Gonanda III.; B.C. 1182 ; verses 185 to 191 ............
35 00 His connection with his predecessor, Abhimanya, is not stated. He continued
the worship of the Nagas (185), and restored the rites proclaimed by Nila, thereby breaking the power of the Bhikshnu or Bauddhas (186). He is mentioned (190) as an ancestor of Pravarasêna I., who will be introduced
in Taramga üi. verse 97. 2. Vibhishana I., son of the preceding; B.C. 1147; verse 192.................. 53 6 0 3. Indrajit; B.C. 1094; verse 193 .........................
.......... 35 0 0 His connection with his predecessor is not explained. 4. Ravana, son of the preceding; B.C. 1059; verses 193 to 195 ................ 30 6 0 He set up the linga called Vateśvara (194), and endowed it with the whole
country of Kaśmir (195). 5. Vibhişhana II., son of the preceding; B.C. 1028; verse 196 ................ 35 60 6. Nara I., also called Kimnara, son of the preceding; B.C. 993; verses 197 to 274 ........
40 90 He was a wicked king, and brought mach misfortune on the country (198).
In consequence of his mistress being carried away by a Sramana, who dwelt at the village of Kimnaragrâma (199), he burnt thousands of vihdras, and gave to the Brühmaņg the villages that had belonged to them (200). He built a town, which was called after him Narapura (244) or Kimnarapura (274), on the bank of the Vitastů (202 and 260). This town was situated near Chakradhara (261 and 270), a Vaishņavs temple, whose name survives in the mound of Chakhdhar near Bijbihậra (K. R. 18). King Nara fell in love with Chandralekha, the daughter of the Någa Subravas, and the wife of 8 Brâhman named Visakha, who dwelt at the town of Narapura (203 to 253). Failing in his attempts to seduce her, he tried to take her by force from her husband (254 to 256). The Brahman and his wife escaped and fled for protection to Saśravas, who destroyed the king and his town by thunderbolts (257 to 259). After the destruction of the city, the Khxsas became powerful (317).
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