On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c8.s9.1
On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c8.s9.1
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v1.c8.s9.1
We have next a short notice of the army of India beginning with its head, the Sovereign. Of the latter Yuan-chuang states according to Julien's rendering—"La série des rois ne se compose que de Kchattriyas, *qui*, dans l'origine, *se sont élevés au pouvoir par l'usurpation du trône et le meurtre du souverain*. *Quoiqu'ils sont issus de familles étrangères*, leur nom est prononcé avec respect". The italics are mine and they indicate interpolations, unnecessary and unwarranted, made by the translator, who seems to have forgotten the passage he had just translated. What our author states is to this effect—