THE INDIAN ANTIQUABY.

[MAECH, 1879.

Raja, and a sentence of banishment was passed
upon him, bat, at B hoj a*s intercession, it was
not carried out.

Dharmasingh, thus mutilated and dis-
graced, was bitterly mortified at the treatment
he had received at the king's hands, and resolved
to be avenged. In. pursuance of his determina-
tion, he contracted an intimate friendship with
oneRfcdhS, D£vl, a courtesan, who was a
great favourite at court. RadhaDfivl kept
her blind friend well acquainted every day as
to what was passing at court. One day it so
happened that Radha Devi returned home quite
cross and dejected, and when her blind friend
asked her the cause of her low spirits, she
answered that the king had lost that day many
horses of the vedka disease, and consequently
paid little attention to her dancing and singing,
and that this state of things, in all probability,
was likely to continue long. The blind man
bade her be of good cheer, as he would see ere
long that all was light agam. She was only to
take the opportunity of insinuating to the king
that Dharmasingh, if restored to his former
post, would present the king with twice the
number of horses that had lately died. R&-
dh& DSvi played her part well, and the king,
yielding to avarice, restored D harm as ing h
to Ida former post.

D harmasing h thus restored, only thought
of revenge. He pandered to the king's avarice,
and by his oppression and exactions reduced the
rayats to a miserable condition and made them
monarch. He spared no one from

whom anything could be got — horses, money,
anything worth having. The king, whose
treasury he thus replenished, was much pleased
with his blind minister, who, flushed with suc-
cess, now called onB h o j a to render an account
of his department. * Bhoj a knew the blind
man grudged him his office, and going to theking
he informed him of all Dharmasingh's
schemes, and applied to him for protection from
the minister's i^nny. Bat Ha mm ir a paid
BO attention to the representations of B h o j a,
telling him that as Dharmasingh was en-
trusted with fall powers, andconld do whatever
lie thought proper, it was necessary others
vhooH obey his orders. B h o j a, when he saw
thai the kmg^s mind was tnrned from him, sub-
mitted to his property being confiscated and
the king's ooffirs, as ordered by

Dharmasingh. As in duty bound, how-
ever, he still followed his chief wherever her
went. One day' the king went to pay his
devotions at the temple of Vaidyanath, and
seeing B h o j a in his train, scornfolly remarked
to a courtier, who stood by, that the earth was
full of vile beings; but the vilest creature on
earth was the crow, who, though deprived of his
last feather by the angry owl, still clung to his
habitation on the old tree. B h o j a understood
the intent of the remark, and that it was
levelled at him. Deeply mortified, he returned
home and communicated his disgrace to his
younger brother P i t a m a. The two brothers
now resolved to leave the country, and the
next day Bhoj a went to Ha mm Ira
and humbly prayed to be allowed leave to
undertake a pilgrimage to Banaras. The king
granted his request, adding that he might go to
Banaras or further if he 'chose,—that there was
no danger of. the town being deserted on his
account. To this insolent speech B h o j a made
no reply. He bowed and withdrew, and soon
aftes started for Banaras. The king was de-
lighted at Bhoj a Deva's departure, and he
conferred the KotwaMshzp vacated by him on
Ratipala.

When Bhoj a reached Sirsa, he reflected
on the sad turn his affairs had taken, and re-
solved that the wanton insults heaped upon
him should not go unavenged. In this mind,
with his brother Pi tarn a, he went to
Yogin ipnra, and there waited upon 'A Un'd-
din. The Mohammadan chief was much
pleased with Bhoj a 's arrival at his court. He
treated him with distinguished honour, and
bestowed npon Trim the town and territory of
Jagar& as a jaMgir. Henceforth Pltama
lived here, and the other members of B h o j a's
Stonily, while he himself stayed at court
'AlanM-din's object was to learn Ham-
mi ra's affairs, and he therefore lavished

of his
new master.

Convinced of B h o j a's devotion to Bis cause,
'Alia'd-din one day asked him, in private, if
there were any easy and practicable means of
subduing Hammira. Bhoj a answered that
it was no easy matter to conquer H am mir a,
aking who was the terror of the kings of Knn-
tala, Madhyadeia (Central India), An-THE INDIAN ANTIQUABY.

[MAECH, 1879.

Raja, and a sentence of banishment was passed
upon him, bat, at B hoj a*s intercession, it was
not carried out.

Dharmasingh, thus mutilated and dis-
graced, was bitterly mortified at the treatment
he had received at the king's hands, and resolved
to be avenged. In. pursuance of his determina-
tion, he contracted an intimate friendship with
oneRfcdhS, D£vl, a courtesan, who was a
great favourite at court. RadhaDfivl kept
her blind friend well acquainted every day as
to what was passing at court. One day it so
happened that Radha Devi returned home quite
cross and dejected, and when her blind friend
asked her the cause of her low spirits, she
answered that the king had lost that day many
horses of the vedka disease, and consequently
paid little attention to her dancing and singing,
and that this state of things, in all probability,
was likely to continue long. The blind man
bade her be of good cheer, as he would see ere
long that all was light agam. She was only to
take the opportunity of insinuating to the king
that Dharmasingh, if restored to his former
post, would present the king with twice the
number of horses that had lately died. R&-
dh& DSvi played her part well, and the king,
yielding to avarice, restored D harm as ing h
to Ida former post.

D harmasing h thus restored, only thought
of revenge. He pandered to the king's avarice,
and by his oppression and exactions reduced the
rayats to a miserable condition and made them
monarch. He spared no one from

whom anything could be got — horses, money,
anything worth having. The king, whose
treasury he thus replenished, was much pleased
with his blind minister, who, flushed with suc-
cess, now called onB h o j a to render an account
of his department. * Bhoj a knew the blind
man grudged him his office, and going to theking
he informed him of all Dharmasingh's
schemes, and applied to him for protection from
the minister's i^nny. Bat Ha mm ir a paid
BO attention to the representations of B h o j a,
telling him that as Dharmasingh was en-
trusted with fall powers, andconld do whatever
lie thought proper, it was necessary others
vhooH obey his orders. B h o j a, when he saw
thai the kmg^s mind was tnrned from him, sub-
mitted to his property being confiscated and
the king's ooffirs, as ordered by

Dharmasingh. As in duty bound, how-
ever, he still followed his chief wherever her
went. One day' the king went to pay his
devotions at the temple of Vaidyanath, and
seeing B h o j a in his train, scornfolly remarked
to a courtier, who stood by, that the earth was
full of vile beings; but the vilest creature on
earth was the crow, who, though deprived of his
last feather by the angry owl, still clung to his
habitation on the old tree. B h o j a understood
the intent of the remark, and that it was
levelled at him. Deeply mortified, he returned
home and communicated his disgrace to his
younger brother P i t a m a. The two brothers
now resolved to leave the country, and the
next day Bhoj a went to Ha mm Ira
and humbly prayed to be allowed leave to
undertake a pilgrimage to Banaras. The king
granted his request, adding that he might go to
Banaras or further if he 'chose,—that there was
no danger of. the town being deserted on his
account. To this insolent speech B h o j a made
no reply. He bowed and withdrew, and soon
aftes started for Banaras. The king was de-
lighted at Bhoj a Deva's departure, and he
conferred the KotwaMshzp vacated by him on
Ratipala.

When Bhoj a reached Sirsa, he reflected
on the sad turn his affairs had taken, and re-
solved that the wanton insults heaped upon
him should not go unavenged. In this mind,
with his brother Pi tarn a, he went to
Yogin ipnra, and there waited upon 'A Un'd-
din. The Mohammadan chief was much
pleased with Bhoj a 's arrival at his court. He
treated him with distinguished honour, and
bestowed npon Trim the town and territory of
Jagar& as a jaMgir. Henceforth Pltama
lived here, and the other members of B h o j a's
Stonily, while he himself stayed at court
'AlanM-din's object was to learn Ham-
mi ra's affairs, and he therefore lavished

of his
new master.

Convinced of B h o j a's devotion to Bis cause,
'Alia'd-din one day asked him, in private, if
there were any easy and practicable means of
subduing Hammira. Bhoj a answered that
it was no easy matter to conquer H am mir a,
aking who was the terror of the kings of Knn-
tala, Madhyadeia (Central India), An-