Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

Pargiter has put forth the theory that about the last quarter of the 3rd century A. D. the Malaya borowed from the Bhavigya the shorter account ( of the future dynsties) which ended with the downfall of the Andhras and the local kingdoms that survived them a while. [...] Introduction p."Dellis of the Smrti-Chapters of the Matsya-Parana 7 A. D. I So the date of the Matsya version also falls either in the last zjuarter of the 3rd or the first quarter of the 4th century A. D. The occasional crude style of the Matsya version and the agreement between the Vayu and Brahman(la as regards the extended portion of the dynastic account need not go against the priority of t [...] Further the Vayu and Brihmncia were separated undoubtedly after the Viiyu account had been extended to the rise of the Guptas and also even after the text of the Vayu had begun to be tampered with for the _Brahmncla not only contains the extended portion of the dynastic acount of the Vayu but agrees more closely with the printed text of the Vayu than with the Ms (eVrtyu of the India Off [...] seems to be the same as that of Matsya's borrowing the chapters of the second group from the Vlyu i. e. about the last quarter of the 3rd or the first quarter of the 4th century A. D. Let us now pass on to the Smyti-chapters which form the major portion of the present Matsya-P. [...] Now the mention of the Buddha icarnation in the Gitagovinda of Jayadeva ( about the end of the 12th century) the Daidvatara-carita of Ksemendra ( 11th century A. D.) a hymn by Nammalvar ( alias Saint Satagopa 9th century ) the Vikmupura cards ( end of the 7th and beginning of the 8tb century ) a Pallava inscription of about the latter half of the 7th century A. D. I and the Bliagavata