A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s1.149

v1.c9.s1.149

Cordier, following no doubt the authority of 'Vaidyakasabdasindhu,' states that, according to Rájatarañginí, Vágbhata lived at the time of King Jayasimha (1196-1218 A. D.) ; this view is quite untenable, and it is one of the many instances which would go to prove that Kalhana in writing his Chronicles had often to draw largely upon vague traditions, and hence his dates are to be accepted *cum grano salis*.²