Vol. XI, No. 9.] The Hist. of Smrti in Bengal and Mithila, 333 
(N.S. 
Halayudha’s name appears in the records of the match- 
as a descendant of Bhatta Narayana. These tradi- 
ag 
Daya-bhaga (1863). 
In this list Halayudha, fourteenth in descent, is wrongly 
shown as elder brother of Isana. Pandit Yogeéachandra Sastree 
was of opinion that Halayudha, the author of the Brahmana- 
rovasva, was a quite different person from Halayudha the 
ancestor of the Tagore family.' 
C. HALAYUDHA’S TIME. 
There is the usual uncertainty about his time. The lower 
limit is fixed by three of his verses being quoted in the Sakti (or 
sadukti-) karn-amrta, which was completed in Saka 1027 or 1206 
e 
inscriptions of Laksmanasena he infers that Laksmanasena had 
gone away by that time, ie., had ceased to exist before 1170 
.D. The context of the inscriptions is no doubt peculiar. 
at ‘ : lved if the word atta 
ut I think the difficulty may be solved if the Won a 
pired 
equivalent of 1914-5 A.D.) means that 1836 years of the Saka 
ing’s era have gone away and that 1837th year is current. 
In inscriptions and literary MSS. this ‘‘ expired-ness of the 
ara qifeacrargferre: aainiaaeae- 
faMAeIAeaTts <a aa aia | 
ae craw: 
Aaiaausazaeria waifyarc zat are i 
1 J.A.8.B., 1905, p. 39. 
2 See my article on the Pa 
Dynasty of Bengal,” J.A.S.B .P 
Babu Rakhaldasa Banerjea, on Laksmanasena, J.A.S.B. 1913, pp. 273 
et seq.; and The Palas of Bengal, ‘\.8.B. Memoirs, vol. v, pp. 105-6. 
vana-ditam, the Appendix on ** The Sena 
