OAKHEN-TARA-HBNOt appointed hi8 g k d 8.1-DHAYHA EAJA-QUWA tO soperintend the building. He proceeded to the spot with his dimiple, Sit1 &'~TAPA, but they were unable to complete it, althoryh aided in every way by the Raja. Afterwards VARADA~I-NAIX-THEM petitioned the Raja to undertake it, to which he readily nssented, commhioning prince PFUTA~INO to the work, who again deputed the younger Prven- ragno, and hie minhkr RATHA, to cross over and repair the mcred bailding. I t was thar constructed a foarth time, and finished on Fridny the 10th day of Pyadola, in the Sakkaraj year 667 (A. D. 1305). On Sun- v* day the 8th of TachAoon-mungla, 668 (A. D . 1306), it waa consecrated

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with splendid ceremonies and offerings of food, perfumes, banners, and lamps, and pi?ja of the famoua ornamented tree called c a l p a - d k u k : and the poor (two ?) were treated with charitv, w the Raja's own children ? Thw was completed thia meritorious act, which will produce eternal reward and virtnous Eta. May the founder* endure in fame, enjoy the traPqnillity of Nirbkn, and become Arahanta on the advent of Aarn Mnlm (the future Buddha) ." 111.-CLam#cdion of the NCbdrs, or Aborigines of NPpdl Proper,prm&d

by tk mt authoritative Legend relative to the Origin and Early Hidtmy of the Race. The Swoyambhh W h a relatea in substance an follow8 : That former-

)g the vdey of N6phl wan of circular form, and fall of very deep water, and that the moontains confining it were clothed with the densest for. wts, giving shelter to numberless birds and beanb. Countless water- fowl q o M in the waters. The name of the lake was N&ga Vdsa ; it was beautiful ae the Lake of Indra : e ~ u t h of the Hedchal, the reai- deuce of I C n a s h a ~ ~ , prince of the N@ ; reven con long, and m many .broad. In the lake were many wrts of water-planb ; but not the lotw. After a time, V I P A ~ Y I BUDDHA arrived, with very many disciples and Bhihhds, h r n Vindiunati Nagar, in Madhya DBsa, at the Lake of Nb Vba, in the course of his customary religious peregrinations. VrrArrr, having thrice circumambulated the lake, seated himself in the N. W. (V&-dkona) side of it, and, having repeated eeverd man- o v n the root of a lows, he threw it into the water, exclaiming, #' What time thh root.sW1 produce a flower, then, from out of the flower, Swo- gambhu, the Iard of Akniahtha Bhavana, shall be revealed in the form of he; and t k n shall the lake become a cultivated and populou conntrg." Having repeated these words, VIPASTI departed. Long after the dab of h i e pmphecy, it was f W e d according to the letter.

A . t e r V ~ ? n . r l B u ~ ~ a n , came SIKHI BUDDHA to NIga V h w i t h a great company of respectful followers, composedof rajae and persons of the four

w t e s (chatdr varana). SIXHI, so soon as he beheld JYOTI-RUP-Swo- YAMBHU, offered to him many laudatory forms of prayer : then rihg, he thrice waked mund NBga Vbsa, and, having done m, thus addreseed his disciples: " This place shall hereafter, by the bleeaing of SWOYAYBEC, become a delightful abode to those who shall r&rt to it from a l l q u -

to dwell in it, and a sweet place of mjourn for the pilgrim and p renger : my apotheosis is now near at hand, do you all take your leave of me and depart to your own country." So saying SIXHI threw h b d into the waters of N i p Visa, grasping in his hands the stalk of tbe lotos, and his soul was abeorbed into the essence of SWOYAY~EU. Many of his disciples, following their maater, threw themselvu in the lake, and were absorbed into S w o ~ ~ ~ a a u , (i. e. the relf-existent ;) the rest returned home. V x s w ~ ~ a u war the third Buddha who visited N&a V h . VI~WABBU wae born in Anfipama-puri-nagar, of Mad- hya d6sa. (in the Trita ynga;) hir life was devoted to benefitting hia fellow-creatures. His visit to N6@ waslong after that of SIKEI, and, like SIKUI, he brought with him a great many disciples and Bhikiba, Rajas and cultivators, nativea of his own land. Having repeated tk prabe8 of SWOTAMBEI~-JYOTI-E~P;~ hb o w n e d . " In thhhb +- aurGpa-Guhybwari will be produced. A Bodhiaatrra will, in time, aake her manifest out of the water8 : ard this place, through the bleeoipS of SWOYAMBH~, wiUbeame replete ~ithvillagee, townr, and tirthae, and in- habitantu ofvariou and diverse tribes." Having thue prophesied hethria circumambulated the lake and returned to his native country. TheBod- hisatwa above alluded to is MANJU SBI, whose native place is very far 06 towards the north, and i8 &d Pancha Sireha Parvata, [whichisaitnated in Maha China Des*.] One day in the Trita yugo, and immediately sftor the coming of V r s w r ~ ~ u Buddha to N Q a V k , MANJU SRI, meditat- ing upon what was pwing in the world, disoovered by meam of his die vine wience that SWOTAMBMU-JYOTI-am, that is, the self-&tent, in the form of flame, WN revealed out of a lobs in the Lake of Nig. V h . Again, he reflected within himeelf : " Let me behold that w e d spot, and my name wiU long be celebrated in the world ; a d on the instant, collecting together hi6 disciples, comprising a midtitub of the peasantry of the land, and a Raja named D u ~ n r r r a r , hem-- ed the form of V r r w r ~ ~ n u n , and with his two D6vis (wives,) and &= persons above-mentioned, e t out upon the long journey from SMh Parvata to N&ga Visa. There having arrived, and having made pdja to the self-existent, he began to cucumambolote the lake, bneeahiry all the while the aid of SWO~AMBHU in prayer. In the leaond Wt, when he bod reached the central barrier mountain on the -9th. L

The bncketad portions u a from the cokmsntrtwr.

bslgmedfied thatQutwastheb&plrra whereat to dRw d t b d nrtae d the lake. Imrediately he struck the ntountsin with hu acimh, when the mdered rock grvc pnmage to tbc watars, and the battom of the lake became dry. He then descended &om the moan- bin, md began to -1k about the valley in dl directioru. . AB he ap- &ed G u h ~ a r i * , he bebeld the water bubbling up violently from the spot, and betook h i d witb piour zeal to the tack of stopping it. No wner had he comnepced than the ebullitien d the watsr betune leaa violent, when, leaving bare only the flower of the lotor, th root of which wan the abode of Guhykwui, he etwted a p m h h g dmctm of s h e and brick over the reemubent rtelk, and c$)ed the rtruchnre, which rose into a considerable eler&ou aa it acued,tkr 5mz of the l o b , Sdya Giri. Thh work unnpkted, Mnnm 6m begrn to look about him in ncreh of a 6t place of xwidena, and at kngth conatmted for that ptupose a muall hill, to which he me t& rime of MANJU Su Pubata, (the weatern hplt of the M e hill of Sam- bhti Nath.) md called the desiccated d e y , Nwd-NL ipifying th rcnch (to paradbe), who M GWOTA~BRU ; d # u , c k i a h d , implying tbat tbs pr~tecting geaiu of the valley waa Swornu#u or ba ~ D E A . Thee the d e y got tbe name of NCp61I : and, since v q m y plaom had from Mmmt 6 k [or China] with MA=- &i, fw the x w n i b of Dxmurua Raja and hb r i t e , MAR-. cmuhctd a large plPa of abode, half way between Momt Swoy- ambhn a d OPhphmi, sRd larrmed it Pfter himelf, Ma+ Pet- ku, and atd&hed &rein DIUEYAUB [of Maha China], as Raja, wbjecting the whole of the inferior mrt of people who came fmm G h h a PvbPb to D a l ~ ~ r u ' r rule, .and providing &odes for them iu the dtg of Manja Pattpna.

Thus w a NCpbl peopled : the fhat i n h . W of WW c a m all frcm Mount Sinha [which ir in Maha China], and thos the valley got the name of N4W and ita inhabitantr that of N@&, [whom pri& h e h g a q e was Chinew.] p i e language m anme of time came te be much altered by the immigration of people fmm Madhya &a, rPd by the n e m m q program of corruption and change in a new coantrp,

*The rite of tbe temph ir near the c m h of the vrllq, .on the r L i of the b d J grove d Pampati ; and above 23 or 3 m i h e u t h m maunt h b h u , Th hble 1.14 tbat the root of the lotor of Guhfiswari w u at the formv plrcq md tluflower at the latter ; the recumbent #talk king axtanded throughout tb interval between them. s w o ~ ~ x e a o or Anal BUDDHA is mpposed to reaide in tbs dower, in tbe form of flame ; PRAJAXA PARAUITA or Quu~rawrrr, in or at tb root, in the form of water.

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till a new language arow in NCpsl by the natural conme of thinga. Tbe primitive inhabitants of NB* were all of one &e, or had 'no cash But their descendants, in the course of time, became divided into many -tea, aocording to the trader and pmfeaione which they followed; ad of these, such aa abandoned the world and shaved their heads, beamc Bhikehu. Sramana, Ch.ailaka, and A r b aud took up their abode in foreeta or in monasteries. The latter four ordera are all -tical ; and in rtrictnerr absolutely excluded from all worldly commerce. But &odd any of them, atill retaining the castom of toaswe, become worldly men, ruch are d e d SrCvaka, kc. to a great extent of diverue names]. MAX- JU Sar, having by ouch deeda ae these.acquired the higheat celebrity io NCI$I, ostensibly, and for the'imtruction of the people, relinquished h mortal form, and became nirrrdn ; but, in truth, departed for Moant S k h a with hi8 two mvis, and in due course arrived at h c h a S i Pamata. Some time after the disappearance of MANJV SBI [in the 'Ititr ydg] KARXIJTSANDBUDDHA CBme t o N W , with romeBhikahuLas,Deu. YAPAU Raja, and a mdtitude of the common people, h m Kshhiimti nrgar, of Madbya d b . The beauty of the county delighted him, and he remarked that in euch a land the cultivator mmt be mn to reap aa he mwed. He paid hie devotion8 to SWOTAYBRU, and then launched in praise of the merits of MANJU SPI thsNiNeae patriarch. AfterrnrQ bt performed p ~ j a to GnhyCswari, and then ascended Sankhocha mounbin (6iva Plua) : the prospect of the valley from that mount Wed him with freah delight, and he again celebrated the excellence of the omtry. GUNADU)HVAJA, a Blrhman, and ABEAYANDADA, a Kahetriy% and o t k a of the four wtes (chat& varana), respectful followera of Kusnm SAND, heresolicited at hin hands the favour of being made Bhhhnlua, in order that they might remain in this happy land, and by the worship of Swo- YAXBHU attain to high merit and honour. KVEXUT cheerfully complied, and agreed to make a great many of the company Bbikrhukae; and & .the mountain top afforded no water for that ceremony, he by his divine #power caused a spring to issue from the mck, and with its waters gave to hb followere the reqnisite Abhiahbka or baptism. He d e d the river thpt originated with this rpring Vbngmatij ; and then related to hh followen both the p u t and futare hiatnry of the valley watered by the VQgmati. Then, having left behind him at NC#, Raja DRAWL a d =me BhiLehw and common folh, who had come with birn, a d desired to rtay, KWBKUT SAND departed with the rest of them to hia native city of KahemBvati. Theaecompanionr of K ~ K U T SAND, or K u - XUCCBIND, were the first nativee of the plain8 of India ( M a d h p - d m who remained in N*. Many of them, addicting t h d v e a to the

buaines of the world, became houeholders and the f o a n d e ~ of neverpl towns and villages in NCphl ; w h i i others, who edopted the d e a l profemion, dwelt in the foreets and Vibrs. When thew Madhya- d&pas had became numerous in N*, they and their descendants were confounded wi& the former or northern colonists d e r the wmmon appellation of N6f i and N k M ; being only wpanted and mtradistinguiahed by the neveral trades and profensions which they henditarily ~ractised. Thus, in the early ages. NepeJ had four c h a a of secnlar people, 'a Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudrs, and four metical classes, namely, Bhikehu, Srunana. Chailaka, and Arhantr, dwelling in forests and mon~teriea ; and all were Mdh-mdrg i .

Accovr~ of DhamLka Rqia and D h p t i l Raja. Dsrrurrm, the before noted Chinese prina of NBp41, being db-

p t e d with the world, abandoned hie mvereign power, and placed D k - +, the Raja of Gour-dh, already mentioned, upon his throne. D b - nqp61 governed hie wbj- with perfect jutice and clemency, and nudo pGjr at the Chaitya erectad by D H A ~ ~ A X A B , and regarded with qd favop~ wbjecta that a m e from Mount Sinha [or Maha China], and thw who emigrated fmm Madhya-d&.

A c d of Prachada D~~~.-PRACHANDA Ihvr, a Raja of Go&&, (which is adjacent toMadhya-dQ.) andof the Kshetriya tribe, was the plaa of hin age and country. At length, being inqired with the ambition of becoming ahus, he abandoned his princely sway ; and taking with hhn a few saga, he began to wander over varioua countries, viriting d the h inee and pilgrhgea, and in the couree of hie peregrinatiom arrived at N*. He wan delighted with the beauty of the country, md having virited every tirtha, snd pith, and devcrta, and having made pnja to the Tri k t ~ , or triad, he went to the temple of Swo- rrurea, and there performed hie devotions. He then ascended MAN- JV rn Pamat, and &d his prayem to M m ~ u Sax, and 6niehed by be. c~&g a w p l e of GWNAKAB BHIKSAU, a follower of MANJU Sax. One day F'UCHANDA DEVA so delighted GUNAKAB with the dieplay of h h a- d e n t qualities, that GU'NAUB made him a Bhikrhuka, and the Raja P u c ~ n m r a f t e r becoming aBhikehu obtained the titularappellatioq of SANTA ~ B I . A great many Brahmans and others who accompcmied RACHAHDA to N+& received the toneure, and bacame Bhikehue at t b m e timc with ~ C H A N D A , and took up their abode in the monaeterim of N W . Some athers of those that came with PMCHANDA to NdpPI. praferriug the p d t a of the world, continued to exercine them in N4-

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pil, where they a h remained and be- Bddhbta. A tbird portiaD d F u c n u ~ n ' s companion8 returned to Gnu*. After a time, S u u SN repmerited to big GdrG GU'NAUB hie &aim to protect the uered &me of Sworlur~au with a covering otmctwe. Gu'nrun wslr chm- ad with the pmpoeition and proper , and having M6ed him with 13 ~lprbkbgn of sacred water (trayodes dllidh), gave him the title of D5 llhita Santikar Vajra Ach6rpo. From these trrur& in doteatheuri. val of the people of Gour-d& at NepPI, and their beambg BaddaLLr]

A c d of Kaaaka Mad.--Once on a time, frmn S6bhivati-~gu of Madhya-dh, LNASA MUNI BUDDHA, with many dhciplm, lolrc illustrious permma, and a c o a n k multitude of common people, uriv- ed at NBpP, in the course of hie religious peregrinatiom, and vt mme months in the worship of sworranau, and the Tri Ratna, md then deperted with m& of his nitendants. A few nmoin#l at N(pll, became Bddh-s$gi m d worahippere of SWOYAY~PU ; [and tbae 04 like all the preceding, soon lotst their name and characta d6sip1, and were blended with the New or N M race.

dmmt of Kddyapa -As.--Once on a time, in MripMb- near Bemaree, ISisarrrn BUDDHA wan born. He v g t e d Nw kg. grimage, and made bis devotions to k b h u a a t h . [Most of tk pe@ who came with bCm ataid in NCpQ1, and m u beame dd the abOrigintcl.1

dccount of Sdklya 8hk W h . - - S o m e time after KASHTUA'I in the beginning cd Kali yuga,] on the &ores of Gamga SBkn, in th #than of KAPILAMUNI, and city of Kapila-vmta, and reign of 6 ~ b A hja, of the 8&ya vanm, was born (aa the son of that Raja) Suv* THA Smwn, who c b t c r d became a Bsddhawith the M s e of SuTA SINHA. ~ A K Y A , with 1350 B h f shukor, and the hja of -%* rcnl c o d of state, and a crowd of peasantry of that kbgb, out on the piigrimnge to N*. Having paid hia devotions to tbewlf. ariatent, in the farm of flame, be went to the' Chsitya on HI. and repeated to hie dbipler the p a t hietoy of N*. M rrdl a its whole fature history, with many praieea of M~lrrrr Sru boo it^ n m A : he them observed, In all the world are 14 Pi&, and d dtbc* that of N W ia the best." Having ao mid, he departed. E I i r c ~ m P nbm, who were of the Cbtur varana, dr four castes, [Bdnna~, trip, Vaisp, and S6dra3 and belonged to the four orders, [WQ~ md Sramana, and Chailska, and Arhanta,] being much p l d

.)J@-d&, continued to dwell in it ; [and in course of th ** blended with the abarigmd N6pCHe, and became divided into 4 castes, accordillg to the avocations which they hereditarily pwPcd.1

h u e time after the date of the .BoPe tmmctbn. Roja On~nnnrr ~ V A , prince of Cathmnd6, 8 principal city of NBpBil, became the die. ciple ef the above-mentioned Shtikar Vajra A c w a . Gu'w Kim h r , with tbe aid derived hPm the &rim merits of b t i k a r , brought tbe Nlg RajaEnuv'Tlra out of the lake or tauk of A M , and conveyed him to SbtipG. with much ceremony and many religious rites. Tha cme of this act was that for many previorvr years there had k n ad&- h e y oi rain, whereby the people had been &vody -d with bsmine ; and it 4b#epmce w a , an ampk supply of trin, rad the ra- bnn of the map1 fertility of the earth end plemty of food.

hbmplentlJ, Bar Nnmzmu DSVA became Raja of B&@-pattan, (or Bhatgaon) ; he - the dirciple of BANDUDA~A A C ~ R Y A , and brouggt A n r ~ m ~ ~ m a w n m ~ (Padma Phi) from Pbtahkiparvat (in haan) to the ciq of I , a h pothn in NCN The reason of inviting thin divinity to NW1 waa 8 drought of 12 yearas duration, aad of the greakrt ccwrity. The manure was attended with B e happy resol&, as in the ciae o i conveying the NAG Raja with so arrrefi haaour to Slntipdr.

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w.-htkcr Accanj of tk RsrnaGu of an a d d d- & Bclhr, nau Sehdmpr. Bp P. T. CauClry, Art. $apt. Doab C d

flu a let- to the S e m , read at the M&bg of the 30th April.) With more coim and other articles that have been h a in

HercuIanenm. I have now the pleasure of sending a &etch of the country in the neighbourhood of Behat, which will be more descrip- tive of the ancient town, with the size and extent of d e mountain torrents in its vicinity, than any explanation that Icould give in writing r the total absence moreover of any tradition of ita having exinted, and the little information to be gained from nativea on subjects of thm nature, nnless coming under their immediate obeemtion, piaces me h depend- ence solely on the few notes that I have by me, which I fear - bardly worthy of the notice of the Society.

Tradition, but even that of the vaguest dewription, carries a8 back te the reign of Sara JBHAN, aa well as to that of MVHAMX~D SEAR andhi8

atthe diseolution of the empire. SHAH JBHAI built apdact or ,hunting seat at the foot ofthe lowerrangeof hillsonabranch ofthe hmne river, about 14 milesnorth of Behat: thh place which consiuts of amah qm- drangleof 800feet square, withnumerons bd&ngs and minor conrtsattach- ed, is now in perfed ruin, the superatmdure only remainmgin afewplaee~~ md that entangled and held together by atma and roo@