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But the Haraha inscription appears to trace their origin to another remarkable personage, since it informs us that “the Mukhara princes, who have vanquished their foes and checked the course of evil, are the descendants of the hundred sons, whom king Aśvapati got from Vaivasvata (Manu), and who were conspicuous on account of their excellences.”⁴ Ancient Indian literature doubtless knows of many individuals with the name Aśvapati,¹ but it is difficult to ascertain whom the author of the *praśasti* had in view. The learned editor of the Haraha inscription further connects this dynasty with the Solar race. He thinks that Vaivasvata, from whom Aśvapati obtained the hundred sons, is the seventh Manu, “supposed to be born of the Sun and to preside over the present age.”²