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brated monasteries of Otantapura and Vi- kramaśila. In the end we find that the Sean family fell under the power of the To- roushka kings, but still it continued to reign. After Lavasena came Buddha-sena, who was succeeded by his son Haritasena, and be again was followed by Pratitasena. They continued Buddhists. The race became extinct by the death of Prati- tasena. A century after arose in Bengal he powerful king Chagalarâja, whose dominion extended to Tili. He was converted to Buddhism by his wife, and repaired the temples which had been destroyed. From his death to the year 1808, in which Târâenâtha's work was composed, 160 years passed; consequently the history is continued to the year 1448 of our era.
INSCRIPTIONS FROM ALMADADÅD. BY II. BLOCHMANN, MA, CALCUÏTA MADRASAH. (Continued from p. 203)
I.
A copy of the following Persian quatrain wns taken by Mr. Burgess from Ganj Ahmad's Dorgâth at Sarkhej, near Ahmadābād; the quatrains stands on the wall over the door:—
Translation.
The ocean of Ahmad's hands seaters pearls, and the hem of hope becomes like Parwiz's treasure.
It would not be astonishing if the whole earth raised her head, in order to bow down at his shrine.
II.
Mr. Burgess sent me some time ago a rubbing of the Arabic inscription from Bâr Harir's Well in Ahmâdâbid, of which he has given a description in his Notes of a Visi to Gujarát, pp. 43 to 46. The inscription measures 1 ft. 11 in. by 1 ft. 2 in., and consists of nine Euros:—
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Arabic characters)
Translation,
This fine building and excellent edition, erected for pious purposes, and the high portico and the four painted walls, were built, and the fruit- bearing trees were planted, together with the well and the tank, so that men and animals might be refreshed, during the reign of the king of kings of the age, who relies on the help of the All-Merciful, Nāṣir uddunyâ waddin Abul Fath Mabmåd Shâh, son of Muhammad Sháh, son of Ahmad Shah, of Mahammad Shah, son of Musaffar Shah, the king-may God par. petuate his kingdom!—by Sri Bai Harir, the royal [slave], the nurse,―may his august Majesty place her. . . . . . . . . . . of time, the guarded. On the 8th Jumada 1. of the 26th year, 896. [19th March, 1490.]
The date of the inscription, clear as it is, dona not agree with the histories. First of all, the spelling of the memorials is extrordinary; and secondly, the 26th year of Mahmoud Shih's reign would be 698 or 890, not 696, if he really hogun to reign in 888, as stated in the histories.
"Harir' in the Ambia for the Hind, abbreviation "resham' {far abresham), 'silk.'
Note by the Editor.
The following Sanskrit inscription is on the wall opposite to the above Arabic one, and, as will De observed, it gives this date 13th Pacab Sudi Sam. 1556 or Saks 1421 (a.d. 1499). The transla-