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DECEMBER, 1911.)
THE DATES OF THE JODHPUR FAMILY
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THE DATES FOR THE EARLY PRINCES OF THE PRESENT JODHPUR FAMILY.
BY DR. BHANDARKAR, M.A., POONA. In pp. 181-183, ante, I have given an account of the memorial stone of Siha Rathod found at Bithu. The transcript of the inscription engraved on it, which was therein given, was based on an impression supplied to me, which was not quite satisfactory. The stone has now been removed to the Tawarikh Mahkma, Jodhpar, where it is open to inspection. And an excellent inked impression of it has now boun kindly sent to me by Pandit Ramkaran. The transcript which I now give here may therefore be considered final.
1. i li aing 11 2. nan 29 413. Est witaar4. **ut alert5. Ta: [ ]6. marca: TTÜ T
7. Ta prigar a tra : It will be seen that the historical conclusions which I have already drawn are in no way ailected. Only the reading of the last two lines, which are of no importance, is definitely settled.
No reliable dates have so far been known of the early princes of the Jodhpur dynasty. Consequently, it is impossible to over-rate the importance of the date V.S. 1330 for Siha, especially as he was the founder of that dynasty. A second date has now been brought to light by the same disinterested antiquarian, Nannuram Brahmabhat, but it is for Dhûhada, grandson of Sibî. The date is Samyat 1366, and Dhübada is called a son of Asyatthâmna, according to the impression supplied to me. Whatever the form of the last name here intended may be, there can be no doubt that it is the same as Asothams of Tod's Annals of Marwar (Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vol. II, p. 14). The inscription is on a memorial stone found at Tirsinghariin the Pachbhadra district.
BUDDHIST PARALLELS TO PARSI HUMATA-HUKHTA-HUVARSHTA.
BY G. K. NARIMAN, RANGOON. "His thought is quiet, quiet are his word and deed, when he has obtained freedom by true knowledge, when he has thus become a quiet man."
Commenting on this verse of the PAli Dhammapada, Max Müller proceeds to show that *this very Gatural threefold division, thought, word and deed, the trividha-dvdra, or the three doors of the Buddhists, was not peculiar to the Buddhists or unknown to the Brahmans," and somewhat lukewarmly adds that "similar expressions have been shown to exist in the Zend-Avesta.” (S. B, E., X, 28.)-(The reference to Hardy's Manual will be found at page 513 of the second edition. Max Müller's p. 494 refers probably to the first ed.)
That good thonght, word and deed are of the essence of Zarathoshtrianism is a commonplace of comparative religion, and the Parsis rightly glory in this tenet of paramount ethical importance. What I would call attention to is that it is possible to exaggerate the value of this doctrine as an ethical asset peculiar to the Parsis and confined more or less to the doctrines of the Avesta alone
Here the risarja is evidently intended for . virdma I.
. This stands for कारापकों
