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2 peninsula, and established themselves there; that, being also learned architects, they built great cities and palaces. These Mayas became known in after times under the names of Danavas, and are regarded by modern historians as aborigines of the country, or Nâgás as we shall see later on. Of these J. Talboys Wheeler in his "History of India" says: "The traditions of the Nâgás are obscure in the extreme; they point, however, to the existence of an ancient Nâgá empire in the Dekkan, having its capital in the modern town of Nagpore, and it may be conjectured that, prior to the Aryan invasion, the Nâgá rajas exercised an imperial power over the greatest part of the Punjab and Hindostan The Nâgás, or serpent worshippers, who lived in crowded cities and were famous for their beautiful women and exhaustless treasures, were doubt-