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  Markandeya Purana

  Books VII and VIII.



  JOURNAL

  OF

  THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.



  [New Series, Volume XIII]

  [London, Truebner and Company]

  [1881]


  Scanned and edited by Christopher M. Weimer, May 2002



  ART. XIII.--__Translation of the Markandeya Purana__
  Books VII. VIII.  By the Rev. B. HALE WORTHAM.



  BOOK VII.


  ONCE upon earth there lived a saintly king
  Named Harischandra; pure in heart and mind,
  In virtue eminent, he ruled the world,
  Guarding mankind from evil.