18 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [February, 1906. 
was found at Deopara, which is in Godagiri Thana, District 
Rajsahi. This is in the Varendra tract, of which Ganda was the 
capital, In the Déana-sigara and the Adbhuta-sagara, Balla- 
lasena has been described as the king of Gauda. Similarly Laks- 
manasena has been described in the Pavanadutam as the king of 
descendants were far in the peg saad Mi wear ae 
wide prevalence of the Laksmanasena Sath vat in Mithila, 
one may as well ask if “"Tirhut did not > litiveds iis his 
sovereign 
Both Ballalasena and Laksmanasena liberally encouraged 
skrit learning. A number of reputed 
ene pare lere- Sanskrit poets and writers flourished dur- 
the rule. ing their reigns, one of whom, Jayadeva, 
attained an Indian reputation. The reign 
of Laksmanasena may not inaptly be called the ‘ Augustan’ 
period of Sanskrit learning in Bengal. This subject is interesting 
enough, to be reserved for another article. 
APPENDIX, 
Additional verses of Dhoyika. 
(a) Sukti-karn-amrta. 
(i) uftwa gat caeragaei 
warafa 4 FRAT: TSH YA: | 
4 GY qT a® ataaeeaqiet 
afatauemarafedttat gata: | fol. 570.! 
eygae:, furaatyaatfe:, eure or II. 30. 5. 
Gi) Sway Aaa Ay uaa SE: : 
sfegufsitegsiaaa sat mare | 
aatvafa 3 waite rata Tavareatart 
oo. ants is from a MS. of the Asiatic Society ade es (A) 
checked 
f the Sanskrit Serampore 
Cale ey: The tN caggiacs sod onto) Ahad & a MS. of the 
2 NAT A, 
