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 M.t, 1875.] SPKCr ffS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE CIIAYA: ti married his sister, was a master of the Ttrthikns nnd was Yvrsed in Vtfdkur>tna. according to the principle* of ^i In* of tht> fibfe, n w., -lobuudliu, vrbo fur hi* defence w in which lip refuted all the oUjvutiouri The FVjeTearujm wai* lost, and there remained on other rouipositmn. The king gate him iwniv. ward a faivAn of gold, mnl hi - liint two; with this ViMubandhu erected nil idol in each of the three kingdoms of K i p i n e» Pbtij* tha p u ra, and A yo il li y a. ThuTirt In! , with ahum, wfahJfig to If lit frrnn Jitdio to Ayodhya tho master a L h n d r 11. who composed two works to Elcvo,; in tlie uue(' > ' tjiUfiftn, he exphuued the meaning ■ >hhya ; and in ibi i-xki-Uittr), n, h« defended lnm«lf and over, tamed tho opinion* of (ho £0ia. After having finished these works, Siiihubhudru pro V a b u h a n d h u to discussions, but the h£madf rod 1b old age, referring ilwm to wi Uiem. At find this master, who had plunged into the study of thu iduas of eighteen school/ devoted himtcli' to the llutuvAna, and did lahayauu, — ho paid thai doctrine uf Buddha was not in it. Asu'^j, ap- prehcuiling that his I refutation rdicd Ymij. b a n d h tt to I ' t ft p u r a » where ht self dwelt, and ooBverkd him to the Hahayana. V«v|j u bji u d b u repent- I nf his former tiamworrlnlf.i tongue, hut hi* brother sought to pcretmde him rite an explanation of tho Mi which he indeed conn Asaxigu. Il m that tho ooixuueninriea on kh Mff4a, tho A/iYc^n-i, tho 8 ■' I triktt, the Prttjnup i tho Fimnfal- f r: r g« a f f /•«* belong ; husides these ha compose! l:1i is contained la conception of the whole MuUnyanu, nod also Gaits4n> ither ■' uf tho MahAyinit. by this master is I Ideas: l '■ ■ But tl i dud, not only in Imlni. but also in o latris, b. Uivfr- e partixnnsbothof tin- ■ und the Mubiiyunu have adopted his works as authoritative. Heretics grow pale with feoi hfa NUBA lie died at Ayodhya, air the age of SU years. SPECULATIONS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE GHAYADAS. BY MAJOR J. V,'. WATSON. Th.» celebrated elan of the h !▼& d a » difler> in one respect from the other lliijput races. Of these a portion, the Surynvansn*, ctaim descent from tho Sun ; whilo an equally illm»- branch, tho Chandrn vnA ahn, claim the Moon an their common ancestor. Other fa- mon* tribes dorivc Thr-ir onpn frnm the Abu lire- fount, while somu of more obscure lineage claim to be sprung from celehratnd Rages. lint the Chn raijas, while many different origins horn be*m assicTiiM to them, nr ucotw nnanimou i "" 1 1 1 i. | M) i D I ■ T ho uu;h aa ci >i bra ted nraon as any in 11111111. uinl though Llieirnlbaneo by the pvondoft L thu ChaVade kiujr - >J A n h n 1 1 twit d a fill a promiui id place in history, yol tho import* 1 ■•■* o I i '1 1 - 'i r origin ilirtij obeeorky. * Cotuod Tosl tecum to tliink (hit Cliirndas w^m n f.wnign race m in Btmlfl i thence, spread north wards until V a n a r a j n founded the kingdom of I lau. Mr. Kiuloch Forbes in bis interesting volumes spitafes of *' the still mysterious moe of E a n a fe a e n," bat dnea not nJla< i | ►oint. I am in) m«U" inclined to think thai tho Chavada> may be a branch nf tln> vridft-sproad race of Parmiir, who crerywh ere seom to nti r]j»rn MCjMfa so much so indued an to luivc given rise in former time* :unvm mying, li rid lb 1 In. ■ T a r a a r '*.*' Throughout Gujarat ib is diulcult to mention any famous town or cliiefdom wliieh was not ariginally .: txdaa " Tim • !'-■ leOwa Ivoni of the OhAvod by P a r m A r « prop*?r, nod il is said that A in broth, s Lirjpp hoard nf the it Parmir sovereigns in tin- mil tliisir . ;rn by the name of Pftttar. .1 > suid lo have been laid wasto ••.'irt hern iuvadcr — possibly the sonic who