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⁶ According to the late Dr. Brandes quoted by Mr. Sewell (*J. R. A. S.*, 1906, p. 421). Earlier Indian inscriptions not bearing precise dates exist from the fifth century. In Cambodia the earliest recorded Indian ruler, Śrutavarman or Kauṇḍinya, lived in the middle of the fifth century. In the following age Bhavavarman founded many temples in honour of Indian deities, especially Śiva, at which daily readings of the epics and *Purāṇas* were held Indian influence was at its height in Cambodia in the sixth century (Kern, *op. cit.*, p. 47).