282 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal [July, 1913. 
Bihar or Magadha was the prey of the neighbouring monarchs 
immediately before the Muhammadan conquest. Gahadavalas, 
Senas and Palas were trying one after another to secure it for 
to defend himself and the Sena king too much occupied with 
internal affairs or family quarrels to properly fortify his 
marches. 
In Bengal proper, we find that two sons of Laksmanasena, 
Visvaripasena and KeSavasena, succeeded him on the throne. 
Both of them are known from copper-plate grants. Keéava- 
sena has also been mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari. In Colonel 
KeSavasena and the same name occupies the place allotted to 
the donor, cf. 40—43.4 
he proper reading of the plate is:— 
Srimal-Laksmar levapadanudhyata samasta-suprasasty” 
upetasva pati-gajapati-narapati-raja trayadhipati Somakula-vikasa- 
bhaskara Somavamésapradipa-pratipanna Karna  Satyavrata 
Gangeya saranagata-vajrapanjara maharajadhiraja ari raja- 
oo Gaudesvara Strimat-K eésavasenadevapila-vijay- 
-inah. 
Similarly we have— 
Srimal-Laksmana-sena-devah kuégali. 
in the Tarpandighi and Anulia grants of Laksmanasenadeva and 
Sri-Visvari leva-padavijayinal 
in the Madanapada grant of Visvaripasena. If the Beker 
er 
i me to 
sion Mle: he corrected the following verses of the Edilpur 
grant :— : , 
/! Jarrett’s Ain-i Akbari (Bib. Ind.), Vol. IL. p. 146 
2 J.ASB., Vol. VIL pt L ie ae 
$ Ibid., Vol. LXV, pt.I, p. 8. + ‘Ibid., Vol. VIL, pt. I, pl. IV: 
