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Degescbbb, 1875.] TlBANATHA'S M.UIADHA KINGS. B ]i a , the powerful king 1 S rt H ar s h a, who was born in the kingdom of Marti, and who made himself chief of all the western provinces, ap- peared in the west. In the east, Vigama- c hand ra and his son Kamachandr a , the descendants ofVrikshachandra reigned ; they were somewhat devoted to Buddhism, particularly honouring the Nigrantha. The latter king, as we see, submitted to Nagesa, king of the Odi visas, who was the son of Jararata, and who reigned seven years, N ;i- ga k e > e IS B aid to have been this king's minis- ter. Sri Harsha abolish oohing of the M 1 e e h h a s by massacring them at Mult 'in (but a weaver of Dtodfcan spread it anew), and bid the foundations of great Buddhist temples in the kingdoms of Maru, Mil lava, Me. vara, Pituva* and Chidavara (which probably had yielded to him). Sri ilarslia succeeded by his son Si la, who reigned about a hundred years. Although we again see the race of C h a n d r as appearing in the 11 the person of Si fill a chandra, it ...•ry feeble, and submitted to the authority of king Harsha or Sinha and of his son Bursa, who wet Erom the family of Lichhch avi . (At this time Chandra- g om i n also lived : oftap. xxiv.) The contem- pt n-.ivy of S i I a in I was the very power- ful V y I kola, king of M a - "i li a (Mecca?), who raised himself by force over Sila, and jned thirty-six years. Bars a was succeeded by his son, the fifth Sifihai who governed fee counties which Btretcl ' 'i'l-ilinga, west to Bauiiras, ami eastas far as the sea. At this time Balacbandra, son of S iiihaehandra, was expelled by fchia king from Bengal, and was ruling at 1 1 rah *ti-* The younger brother Lfiha, the fifth Pr as anna gover smali i.ha. In the south, in the neighbourhood of iSkmi V i » dhya, Kusu- ma°is spoken of as being long at this time, and Daa r m a k i r t t is mentioued K n s u- m a j a y a . BOH of K u s u m a . All these kings are represented M wm Clippers of Buddha {■■h< i >. XXV.). Aft.r His death of Vy ftkula, his younger brother, king Vyakuladhruva, who gov- erned .i ffreat part of the west (and was conse- • The index ftot TimliLukti— «*y* —Ed. quently in the place of Sri Harsha and tafia), reigned for 1 wenty years. He was succeeded by his son Vishn u r a j a , who, after having stroyod tive hundred Rishis in 1? alaiiaga a town in the kingdom of H a 1 i , was swallow- ed up in an abys> along with his castle. At this time the greater part of the east and of &La- gadha was governed by Pradityo, son of king Prasanna, and after him by his Mai i To the north, in the town of Ha r i d v a r a, dwelt king S A k ama h a b a 1 a, the aly of king P radii y a . to whom all tho provinces from Kasmir yielded submission. Vimala chandra, son of Balach and ni, granted hLs protection toAmarasifiha. reigned over Bengal, Kamarapa, and Tiral '. xzvi.) It was probably at this time that the ten enemies of the Buddhists, Sankarachiirya and his disciple B h a 1 1 a c h a r y a , appc: the former in Bengal, the latter in Orissa. A short time after, the Buddhists were persecuted in the south by K u m r a 1 i 1 a and K a n A d a r u- r n . Here mention is made of the Buddhist king S Al i v a ban a. Though tho Buddhists relate that in the end D h a r m a k i r t i triumphed in Iscussions with K uniArn 1 ila, Sahka- r I c li A r y a , and B h a 1 1 I c h 3 rya, Taranat ha says (otop. swii.) that in Bengal the priests trembled at being vanquished in discussion by the T i r t h i k a s , and ho himself acknowl- ■ t this time the sun of Buddhism began to bo obscured. As D h a r m a k i r t i is supposed to have been the contemporary of the Thibetan ting Sroflg'-tean-Qa-mbo,t we may infer front hat all we have been relating passed in the 7ih century. ,.. xkv'u. Alter the death of Vishnu- r A [ a , king B h a r t r i h a r i, who was descended from tbe family of tho ancient kings of JL'ilavA, appeared. His sister had been married to a 1 a e h a n d r a , and of her was born Govichandra, who ascended the throne after his father. A fter B vicnandr a, L a 1 i t a- chandrais supposed to have been the last king of the Chandra dynasty. According to the Buddhist stories he became a magician. Though the royal family of the Chandras was still powerful, there was no longer any mend il -,.. king; in Odi visa, in Bengal, and in t Born, according to tho Vaid&rya Knrpo, in a. p. 827 see Cosraas, Thibetan (hammar, p. 181- ■».