150 KINGS OP KiSHlrffU. did not believe him to be an enemy of the king. Those whom king Yaslmsknra had kept at distance for fear of rebellion, were now employed for the destruction of the present sovereign. Parvvagupta dyed his black beard with saffron as kings used to do. He feared to destroy the priuce publicly, on account of the Ek&tiggas, and therefore employed magic. One night he heard a Divine voice saying "On the first day of Chaitra, the kingdom will come to you lawfully, but if you attempt otherwise, your life and your line will soon be at an end." He wiiH afraid his magic would be fruitless. He feared the likiuggas, and lived in great bewilderment and excitement day aud night, and his senses were well nigh lost. One day when the paths were unfrequented by men on account of a heavy fall of snow, he collected an army and besieged the capital. He killed the loyal mi- nister Rimavardhanu who was obstructing his sou Buddha. Tho ancestral Belivitta then pulled Parvvagupta by garlands of flowers from the throne, and threw him on the ground. Vakranggdhrisangrima* was theu murdered by Parvvagupta in another house, and his body, with a stone tied round the neck, was thrown du- ring night into the Vitasti. On the twenty-fourth year of the KSshimrmn era, in tho month of Kilguua, on tho tenth dark lunar day Parv- vagupta seated himself ou the throne. He was the son
- The crooked footed ; but Vakr.-iiiggdLriaatiiiniina according to
the French edition means Saugrauia of the crooked limb.
