February, 1913.] Annual Report. Xxili 
of the Bohar library, on which work he was engaged from 6th 
May to 28th November 1912. 
Bardie Chronicles, 
Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasid Shastri, M.A., C.LE., 
made his third tour this year in search of Bardic Chronicles. 
At Bharatpur, he examined a large collection of Sanskrit and ( 
Bardic manuscripts in the State Library. The best Bardic 
work is Sujan Carit of the life of Surajmal, the founder of the 
Jat greatness in the Subah of Agra. The author 
Sudhan Kavi. The other Bardic works generally contain des- 
At Bundi, too, the Shastri examined the Raj Library, 
containing about 2,000 manuscripts both Sanskrit and Bardic. 
The Bardic works treat generally of the Hada Rajput family of 
Bundi. The principal work is VamSabhaskara written about 
70 years ago by Varhat Siirajmall of Bundi. He was a good 
poet, a good historian and a voluminous writer. He was abl 
aided by the then reigning prince of Bundi, who collected for 
him all the available materials for his history, the history of 
Hada Cauhans. The author deals with all the Rajput princi- 
palities that came in contact with the Bundi tate. h 
work Vam&a Bhaskara was designed to be completed in 12 
Rasis or signs of Zodiac. But the author died after the com- 
pletion of the tenth. It has now been published with a com- 
Ganga Sahaya, the late Prim fo coral 
imself a voluminous writer bo Hindi. 
The library contains many important Bardic works including : 
1) Vaméa-Kallola by Dayaram. — 
an Yasahprakasa by Rao See 
(3) Satru Salya Rasau by Rao Vagn 
(4) Vamsavali of the Hadas. See 
(5) Vamsabharana by Misan mn oy 
(6) Hambira Rasau by Mahesa a 4 es 
(7) RanasuyaSascandrika by Mune a ae : 
(8) VamSavalivartika by Dayaram Sela 
(9) Visnu Singha Carita by Dayaram taney. — 
10) Ummeda Singha Carita by the same. 
Dungar Singh. 
