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of theirs is much admired—Automela,[1] which, being seated on the coast at the confluence of five rivers, is a noble emporium of trade. The king is master of 1600 elephants, 150,000 foot, and 5000 cavalry. The poorer king of the Charmæ has but sixty elephants, and his force otherwise is insignificant. Next come the Pandæ, the only race in India ruled by women.[2] They say that Hercules having but one daughter, who was on that account all the more beloved, endowed her with a noble kingdom. Her descendants rule over 300 cities, and command an army of 150,000 foot and 500 elephants. Next, with 300 cities, the Syrieni, Derangæ, Posingæ, Buzæ, Gogiarei, Umbræ, Nereæ, Brancosi, Nobundæ, Cocondæ, Nesei, Pedatriræ, Solobriasæ, Olostræ,[3] who adjoin the island Patale, from the
- ↑ v. 1. Automula. See preceding note.
- ↑ The Charmæ have been identified with the inhabitants of Charmamandala, a district of the west mentioned in the Mahâbhârata and also in the Vishṇu Purdâṇa, under the form Charmakhanda. They are now represented by the Charmârs or Chamârs of Bundelkhand and the parts adjacent to the basin of the Ganges. The Pandæ, who were their next neighbours, most have occupied a considerable portion of the basin of the river Chambal, called in Sanskrit geography the Charmanvatî. They were a branch of the famous race of Pâṇḍu, which made for itself kingdoms in several different parts of India.
- ↑ The names in this list lead us to the desert lying between the Indus and the Arâvalî range. Most of the tribes enumerated are mentioned in the lists of the clans given in the Râjput chronicles, and have been identified by M. de St.-Martin as follows:—The Syrieni are the Suriyanis, who under that name have at all times occupied the country near the Indus in the neighbourhood of Bakkar.
