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N.S. 
The result of the above discussions about this royal dynasty 
is shown by a genealogical chart in the Appendix A. 
C. The Dynasty of Kamesvara. 
This dynasty can be traced in Mithila ruling for at least a 
century and a quarter. For the earlier rulers Vidyapati is the 
main authority; for the later rulers Vacaspati Misra and his 
pupil Varddhamana supply a good deal of information. 
traditional accounts in the local panjes (records of match- 
makers) have been generally excluded as unreliable.' 
1. KAMESVARA, KAMESA. 
He is the first of the family to rise to a high position, and 
hence the family has been called after him. According to 
and gives him only the title Raya and Raja-pandita.*® It 
would be safer therefore to infer that he had not become the 
king of Mithila. pee 
From his title Raja-pandita, from a description of his son 
Narasimhadeva as the jewel ornamenting the srotriya vamsa 
and from the word vipra given to another of his descendants 
(Ripa-naradyana), the family appears to have been Brahminical. 
2. BHOGISVARA. 
Zvali Vidyapati names him 
with the title Raya and as husband of Padmadevi.* In hi 
Grierson, Ind. Ant. 1885, p. 182; 
1899, p.57. For the literary account of the family, see J. Eggeling, Ind. 
Of. Cat., pp. 875-6, and C. Bendall, J.A.8.B., 1903, pp. 18-19. 
2 The Ganga-krtya-viveka (Br. Mus. Cat., p. 75, No. 198), introd. 
verse 2:—arirat fafeatanrsq, etc. 
8 The Ind. Govt. MS. of the Kirtti-lata, 2nd pallava, p- 3:— 
afa armecsa trg and the Dana-Vakyavali (R. Mitra, Notices, V, 
p. 137, No. 1830, and R. Bhandarkar, Report for 1883-4, p. 352) introd. 
verse. 3 :— 
P ar egrcrsagsaHearagreae: Paar 
areal aciéeza fafqaryneeeee: 
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* The Padavali (edited by Babu Nagendranath Gupta in Bengali, 
sana 1316), song No. 801, the end verse :— 
pwaqTacr = 
gear fs tHTA Ut M 
