Produced by James Simmons. This file was produced from page images at the Internet Archive. Transcriber’s Note This book was transcribed from a scan of the original found at Google Books. Words in italics in this etext were italicized in the original book. I have corrected obvious misspellings but I’ve left variant spellings alone. A PROSE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HARIVAMSHA. (TRANSLATED LITERALLY INTO ENGLISH PROSE.) EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY MANMATHA NATH DUTT, M.A., M.R.A.S., RECTOR, KESHUB ACADEMY; _Author of the English Translations of Ramayana, Mahabharata,_ _Srimadbhagavatam, Vishnupuran, Markandeyapuran,_ _Bhagavat-Gita and many other works._ CALCUTTA PRINTED BY H. C. DASS, Elysium Press, 6.5/2 Beadon Street. 1897 A PROSE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HARIVAMSHA ......................... HARIVAMSHA ........................................................ THE PRELUDE. .................................................... CHAPTER I. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRIMEVAL CREATION .................. CHAPTER II. THE ORIGIN OF MEN: THE BIRTH OF DAKSHA. ............. CHAPTER III. AN ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS FAMILIES; DAKSHA’S OFFSPRING. . CHAPTER IV. A QUERY REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF THE ARTICLES OF FOOD. CHAPTER V. AN ACCOUNT OF VENA AND PRITHU. ....................... CHAPTER VI. THE ORIGIN OF THE EARTH. ............................ CHAPTER VII. AN ACCOUNT OF MANWANTARAS. ......................... CHAPTER VIII. DIVISION OF TIME. ................................. CHAPTER IX. ACCOUNT OF THE SUN’S OFFSPRING. ..................... CHAPTER X. VAIVASWATA MANU’S OFFSPRING. ......................... CHAPTER XI. ACCOUNT OF RAIVATA AND HIS SONS. .................... CHAPTER. XII. THE STORY OF SATYAVRATA. .......................... CHAPTER XIII. THE SAME STORY CONTINUED. ......................... CHAPTER XIV. AN ACCOUNT OF SAGARA. .............................. CHAPTER XV. THE SAME STORY CONTINUED. ........................... CHAPTER XVI. THE ORIGIN OF PITRIS AND FRUITS OF SRADDHAS. ....... CHAPTER XVII. THE SAME STORY CONTINUED. ......................... CHAPTER XVIII. AN ACCOUNT OF PITRIS. ............................ CHAPTER XIX. BHARADWAJA’s FAMILY. ............................... CHAPTER XX. ACCOUNT OF BRAHMADATTA AND THE STRANGE BIRD. ........ CHAPTER XXI. AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEVEN BRAHMANAS. ................. CHAPTER XXII. THE CURSE OF THE BIRDS. ........................... CHAPTER XXIII. THE STORY OF THE BIRDS—CONTINUED. ................