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Ballalasena could not therefore have come to the throne till 
some years after 1108 A.D. As the Naihati grant! of Balla- 
lasena is dated in the 11th year of his reign, he must have ruled 
for at least 11 years, and his son and successor Laksmanasena 
could not therefore begin to reign till some years after 1119 
.D. It is thus ohviously impossible that the epoch of the 
Laksmanasena era, viz. 1118-1119 A.D. is the year of the 
accession of that monarch. 
So far we have definitely established two important 
points, viz. :— 
Neither the epoch of the Laksmanasena era nor the 
wordings used in connection with it necessarily place the 
accession of that monarch in 1118-19 A.D. - 
2. There are positive evidences which show that Laksma- 
nasena did not come to the throne till some years, possibly 
a good many years, after 1118-19 A.D. 
Having settled these preliminary points we are now ina 
position to take into consideration such other evidences as are 
expected to throw light on the problem. 
_ There are still extant two learned works composed by 
Ballalasena, viz. Danasagara and Adbhutasagara. Some manu- 
scripts of these two works contain verses denoting the time of 
their composition.” Thus we have in some manuscripts of 
Adbhutasagara :— 
(a) Bhuja-vasu-dasa-108 1-mita-sake érimad-Ballalasena-ra- 
jy ada’. 
(b) Sake Kha-nava-kh-endv=abde arebhe Abdhutasagaram | 
Gauden dra-Kunjar-alana-stambha-vahur = mahi patil\.* 
Aguin we have in some manuscripts of Danasagara :— 
(¢} Nikhila-cakra-tilaka-srimad-Ballalasenena-purne 
asi-nava-dasa-mite Sakavarse Danasagaro racitah.* \ 
The first of these extracts places the accession of king 
Ballalasena in or shortly before 1159 A.D.°, while the second and 
the third refer the composition of two of his works respect- 
| Ep. Ind., Vol. XIV, p. 156. : 
2 Cf. the description of these works given by Mr. Banerji, op.ctt., pp- 
274 ff. ‘ : 
3 This passage is not noticed by Mr. Banerji, although it was pointed 
out as early as 1906 by Mr. M. Chakravarty. (J.A.S.B. 1906, p. 17, note 1). 
+ Bhandarkar’s Report on the search for Sanskrit Manuscripts during 
1887-88 and 1890-91, p. LXXXV. 
5 J.4 S.B. 1896, Part I, p. 23. Gaudarajamaia, p. 61 footnote. 
and following him Mr. 
= 
Manomohan Chakravarty op. cit. 
