The legends of the Panjâb

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No. IX.
the Panjabi Legends which have sprung up round the
of the famous Begam Samrtl's fief, near Merath, is
tend to bridge over the distance between Atak and Kanauj.
family of the Aryan King of Kanauj .]
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Mahal Rani Adhik Andp Dai,
Hath jor Mata kahe, " Sun, Puran, meri bat
Aise bacTiaa boliyo, jo paida hove put \"
Puran Mata se kahe, " Sun, Mata meri bat
Paida Rasalft hovega, aur Ghhaliya us ka nam.
Itni sunke cbal pari, aur mabil lie surang.
10 Das mabine ka bo gaya wob mabilon men khair.
Char baras ke bo gae, aur Mabita lia bulae.
Rang mabil men kbelte Mabita Raja do.
Itni sun Mabita kabe, " Sun, Raja, meri bat
PRINCESS ADHIK ANUP DAI,
AS RECORDED PROM THE LIPS OP A "WANDERING
BARD PROM JALANDHAR.
[This legend belongs to what may be called the Scythian or non-Aryan cycle of
memory of Efija
Easftlii. It purports to give an account of the nuptials of Eftui Adhik
AuAp Dai, daughter of Eajfi. Sirkat (or Sarkap), whom we have already
found in the first legend as playing at chawpwr for ESjd Easftl4's head at a
place which appears to be Kot Bithaur near Atak. Here, however, he is
described as being King of Kanaaj. Who Sarkap really waa it would be
well worth ascertaining, as he is thus found to be at Atak and Kanauj,
places very widely separated, but there are other tales connecting him with
the banks of the Jamn^ in the Amb&14 district, and Sardhan^ the name
locally said to have been
founded by him, and its name to be by rights Sardhun^. These stories
This particular
legend appears to show that EasdlA, the Scythian, married into the
[The natives call this very rugged specimen of a village poem a makal, or
canto, or division of an epic or long poem. They say the whole poem of
Easfilti consists of ten malials, of which this is one. I have never yet
seen a man who professed to know more than five or six of them.]
Beti Eaja Siekat Ki.
5 Tin sai sath rani cbhalega, aur kisi ke na rahega sang."
Mata khusbian kar rabi, aur ghar gbar bo rabe rang.
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Easalu paida bo gaya, aur gbar ghar bo gae rang.
Ik mabina, do mabine, cbbanvin rakbe pair :
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