of Andromache and Hecuba, Arjuna and Suyodhana or Karna in the place of Achilles and Hector ("Alterth." 2^2, 409). It is doubtful whether the remark of Chrysostom is taken from Megasthenes. That the Ramayana is later in style than the Mahabharata will become clear below. [136] "Vishnu-Purana," ed. Wilson, p. 380, _seqq._ [137] Lassen, "Ind. Alterth." 1^2, Anhang xviii. n. 4. [138] In the Rigveda we find: "If you, Indra and Agni, are among the Druhyus, Anus or Purus, come forth." [139] Lassen, _loc. cit._ 1, xxii. n. 15. [140] "Rigveda," 1, 31, 4; 1, 31, 17; 7, 18, 13. [141] According to the Brahmanic recension of the poem which we now possess, Samvarana is able to obtain the daughter of the god only by the mediation of a sacred priest. The king therefore bethinks him of Vasishtha, who ascends to the god of light and obtains his daughter for the king. Lassen, "Ind. Alterth." 1^2, Anhang xxvi. [142] Lassen, "Ind. Alterth." 1^2 656, n. and 1^2 850. [143] A. Weber, "Ind. Literaturgesch." s. 126^2. [144] Manu, 7, 90, 93. Yajnavalkya, 1, 323-325. [145] Panini in M. Müller, "Hist. of anc. Sanskrit Literature," p. 44, _n._ 2. [146] Manu, 9, 59. [147] M. Müller, _loc. cit._ [148] "Vishnu-Purana," ed. Wilson, p. 440. Lassen, "Ind. Alterth." 1^2, 68 ff. [149] In Panini Krishna is called a god, but also a hero. M. Müller, "Hist. of anc. Sanskrit Lit." p. 45 _n._ [150] On the form of the Rama legend in the Daçaratha-Jataka, cf. A. Weber, "Abh. Berl Akad." 1870. The Vishnu-Purana enumerates 33 kings of the Koçalas from Daçaratha to Brihadbala, who falls in the great battle on the side of the Kurus. Including these this Purana makes 60 kings between Manu and Daçaratha. For the same interval the Ramayana has only 34 names, of which some, like Yagati, Nahusha, Bharata, are taken from the genealogical table of the kings of the Bharata, others, like Pritha and Triçanku, belong to the Veda. We have already seen that the series of the Bharata kings give about ten generations between the time when they gained the upper hand on the Yamuna and upper Ganges, _i.e._ the time of Kuru and Duryodhana. The Koçalas forced eastward by the Bharatas would thus have existed on the Sarayu from 23 generations before Kuru. Wilson, "Vishnu-Purana," p. 386. CHAPTER IV. THE FORMATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE ORDERS.