course with special reference to Magadha,
which however begins late. As in Egypt, every branch tried somewhere to
find its place; we must therefore throw away or mark all names not
supported by the legend (that is, the Vedic traditions). The contemporary
dynasties must be separated from those that follow each other.

4. Each period was divided from the preceding by an _historical_ fact,--a
dissolution followed by a subjugation or a popular government. The first
is divided from the second by Herakles--K_r_ish_n_a. The third from the
second by Rama, the extirpator of the heroes and royal races (great rising
of the people). The fourth from the third by purely historical
revolutions, caused or fostered by the Assyrian invasion.

5. The mythical expression for these periods is _one thousand years_.

6. The historical interregnums are 200, 300, 120.

7. As both are the same, therefore 3 x 1000 years vanish, and there remain
but the 620.

8. Therefore Megasthenes' list:

Megasthenes' list 6402
3000
----
Kings from the first 3402 years.
patriarch to Sandrakottus
Interregnums 620
----
4022

FIRST PERIOD.

A. Aryan recollections. Megasthenes' list unites the traditions of the
Moon-race (Budha) with that of the Sun-race (direct from Manu).

(1.) Questions. First question. What do the names Ayus and Yayati mean? Is
Nahusha = man?

(2.) I know king Ikshvaku, _i.e._, the gourd. Who are the Asuras,
conquered by P_r_ithu?

(3.) Anu, one of the four sons of Yayati, is the North, not the Iranian,
nor the Turanian, which is Turvasa, but the Semitic, _i.e._, _Assur_. Anu
is the chief national god of the Assyrians, according to the cuneiform
inscriptions. The cradle of the old dynasty was therefore called
Telanu==hill of Anu. Salmanassar is called Salem-anu, _i.e._, face of Anu.

B. Indian primitive times.

1. Manu (primitive time) 1000
2-14. Thirteen human 468
kings in the Punjab, each
reigns on an average
thirty-six years
15. K_r_ish_n_a, 1000
destruction

2468 years, representing really only 268 + 200 years, with an unknown
quantity representing Aryan migrations and settlements in the Punjab.

(4.) Question. Is Jones' statement correct in his chronology (Works, i.
299), that the fourth Avatar must be placed between the first and second
periods?

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