92 Yogesa Chandra S'astree — The origin of the kap section. [May, 



2. That the Hon'ble Dr. Asufcosh Mukhopadhyaya had been 

 appointed to officiate as the Treasurer of the Society during the absence 

 of Mr. C. R. Wilson. 



The General Secretary reported the presentation of the following 

 coins : — 



From Babu Rampada Chatterjee, Sub-Deputy Collector, Kishen- 

 ganj, Purnea — 1 gold and 7 silver coins. 



From the Government of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh — 15 

 silver coins. 



From the Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society — 2 gold coins. 



The following papers were read : — 



I. The origin of the kap section of the Barendra Class of Brahmans 

 of Bengal. — By Pandit Yogesa Chandra S'astree. 



(Abstract) 



In the 12th century A.D. during the reign of Ballala Sena the num- 

 ber of the Brahmans brought to Bengal by Adisura became immensely 

 increased. There were 350 Brahmans in Barendrabhumi and 750 in 

 Rarhabhumi. He sent 250 Brahmans from among 350 Barendra 

 Brahmans to the south-eastern provinces of India and divided the 

 remaining 100 into three sections, namely : (1) Kulins, (2) (Juddhacro- 

 triyas, and (3) Kastacrotriyas. Maitra, Bhima, Rudra, Sanyaminee, 

 Lahiree, Bhaduree, Sadhu, and Bhadara, these 8 houses were the Kulins 

 and Karanja, Nandanabasi, Bhattasali, Lauree, Champati, Jhampati, 

 Atirtha and Kamadeva, these 8 houses were the Quddha Qrotriyas. 

 Udayanacharya, the author of Kusumanjali, was born in the house of 

 Bhaduree and Kulluka Bhatta, the author of Manvartha Muktavali, was 

 born in the house of Nandanabasl. Besides the above 16 houses of Kulins 

 and Suddha Srotriyas, there were 84 houses of Kasta f rotriyas. 



The kap section was originated from the Kulin under the following 

 circumstances : one Nrisinha Laurial of Santipore, having been insulted 

 in a dinner given by Sukadevacharya, of the village Brahmanbala, de- 

 termined to raise his social position. In order to fulfil his object Nri- 

 sinha persuaded Madhu Maitra of Majgram, the most respectable Kulin 

 among the Kulins of the then existing society, to marry his daughter. 

 On account of this marriage Madhu was excommunicated from the society 

 by the sons of his former wife. 



On the annual praddha day of Madhu's father he invited Dhain 

 (c«%) Bagchi, his brother-in-law, to dine at his house, as he did not expect 

 to get any Brahman of his own village or its vicinity. On that day 

 Dhain Bagchi having been obstructed by a fencing made by Madhu 



