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work of Dandin (though not the aRt)and constitutes the prelude to the current qugrafia. If this is accepted then the date of Dandin can be settled within very narrow limits. Bharavi had become as famous as Kalidasa in 634 A. D. as the Aihole Inscription shows. He was a friend of the great-grandfather of दएडी. As दामोदर the ancestor became a friend of चालुक्य facyqua, when the latter was only a prince (and not a crowned king) it must be held that the event cannot be placed later than about 590 A. D. and allowing 25 or 30 years for cach generation, Dandin, the great-grandson of Bharavi's friend, should have his literary activity placed 75 to 90 years later (i. e. between 660 and 680 A. D.). Dr. S. K. Aiyangar's note on p. 229 of the History of Pallavas by Mr. Gopalan employs by inadvertence the word Gopala for Damodara. facynfa was the younger brother of सत्याश्रय पुलिकेशिन II. and founder of the Eastern TF4 dynasty of Andhra and Kalinga and he reigned from 615 A. D. to 633 A. D. Vide 'Eastern Chalukyas' by Dr. D. C. Ganguly (Benares, 1937) p. 15 for authorities. The Ganga king gfaala had a long reign from 605 A.D. to 650 (Mysore Archaeological Reports for 1921 p. 28 and 'Eastern Chalukyas' p. 19). The कविराजमार्ग of नृपतुभ् (भमोघवर्ष) of the rigae dynasty, which is the oldest extant work in the Cana- rese language (edited by Prof. K. B. Pathak in 1898) and which treats of Rhetoric (in three Paricchedas), takes, as Pathak points out, six verses on figures of speech in the roaf and most of the verses in the 3rd परिच्छेद of the कविराजमार्ग are translations or adaptations of Dandin. Prof. Pathak points out in I. A. vol. 41 p. 236 that the कविराजमार्ग copies in II. 59-85 most of the 33 varieties of उपमा in the काव्यादर्श. नृपतुभ् ascended the. throne in śaka 737 (815 A. D.) and abdicated in śake 797 (875 A. D.). Therefore, it follows that the araf cannot be placed in any case later than 750 A. D., since considerable time must have elapsed before it became famous and could be translated into Canarese. Vide Prof. Pathak's Intro. to afarra- arf p. 17 for Nrpatunga's claim that he would follow ancient authorities on Alankāra and pp. 18-19 for comparison bet- ween the two works and p. 13 for the express mention of rs- चरित, कादम्वरी, नारायण, भारवि, कालिदास and माघ. On p. 16 of the Intro. Prof. Pathak asserted that Bhāmaha was frequently criticized by Dandin, but changed that opinion later ..