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L4fl THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. whilrt the nine fortresses of Marwiid— the * M&nv&d are loo well known to need any ollu- BJOH to them here. There ifl doubtless a verse, if not verse*} missing between lIui third and fourth of those quoted, and they would prolmhly describe the destruction of Mr, the dcntlt of Yeniriija, and the subsequent adrentnres of the mother of iritj&mul I ' 1 have seoua tv;r in whiehth* parentage of Vanarija is traced up through Veniritja ami Vncharaja to V i k r a m a - d 1 1 y a of the Parmir tribe. 1 ha v ■ not this vah- ifculi with mt, and unfortunately do not remem- ber whether the name of Kanaka en occurs among thft progenitor* of Vanaraja. Knnakiiea ia gup posed to hare made bis first settl^rm-nt in SauriUht ra at K a t p a r , tbo ancient K n n a k a - vati, whence to Div, along the wo const, of which the Cbiiv&das werft specially fond, is but hftymtlns. There seems, therefore, noimpoKst- HbHy hi the ChA vndns Luv tag been able to extend their possessions along' the coast, until in too time of Vaebaruja they acquired possession of Div. Kntpnr in in W a I u k , and in ^fllfik, wn Wrn from a recently discovered inscription, ft Par m & r wove reign rated in uucienl timed, Oo looking at the Ittlt MdU, 1 «« that Mr- Forbes quota one of die bardie verses mnntionad in. thin reiuer at page 88 of vol. 1. of that interest- ing work, though he diners slightly in the translatiou, and gives a different date. As, however, ho dues not qnots the original, it Is probable that the difference in the date was in the original verse from which he tranalatal Either clott*, however, sstisfn ■> the required, for if AuhaHawadi was laid wiwto by the armies of Alauddin in Sam vat 121' 7, the ChAvada race was espelled. and their monarch unl 1.; InUowers niaswiervd by the merciless Jlukruja, in W7. It was on this occasion that Hnloraja, aL the tagthnitinn of U'j Solonkhi. slew Ids own mother, and her bleeding head rolled down tbo palace dsin; when it had rolled vn, steps, llnlruj prevented it K5 . _ farther, IJjj SolaAfchij nn hearing of IL" proved Mulriij, buying. li 1 fad von not prevented the bead rolling to the Toot of the stains. race would have reigned for ever at Pattan, but now they will only reign for neven gennratinns." Although, the above traditions, ^e. are nob uuflieicnt grounds to assert positively that the C h A v u d u s are a branch of the P a r m A rs , jot they seem to convey the possibility of tins being the ease; and these crude speenlaiKm* may induce others, possessing more accurate sources of informalinn, to thoroughly c mcifla tO nod Anally settle the origin " of the mosi Injpttt tribes in India. TRANSLATION OF RHARTRIIURI'S NiTI SATAKAM. BY FilOr. V, U. TAWSTfcY, W.A., OAT,OXTTTA. (Contintud The Ptai*<fi nf the (hod Man. All-imil to those who love the good. And sinful men esehew, TVlio honour tbeir religions hood, And saorwl lore pursue, Who undistnrbed their ueighuours' 1 wives, AadaQigiii" tfavsaw, Wlio nmi And Tiin desirea anbdue 3 r'irmuess when fiill'n on evil days, restraint when forlune smiles. Courage to look with uteody eye on war's i-ui-

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Persuasive speeeh in eouuril, and a burning rat for feme, Jcivu or holy writ* Ui' heroic sonl proclaim. from i to bestow In sccrft, and tho hmtsclws wanderer feed, To hide one's own and lend proclaim another')* kindly deed, Humbly to bear prosperity, and mourn those who weep — Behold a vow winch all the saints as yet huvt uilml to keep 1 Charity best adorns the hand,. And reverence the head. Truth is the virtue of the mouth, In th ' earn in meriplnro mad, 1 1 ii da glory to the arms, 1 1 cart, — bfty souls, though piMjr, art decked With grace in entry part. /