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learning was also not neglected. Brhaspati of Rarh entitled 
Raya-mukuta, in his Pada-candrika, a commentary on the 
famous lexicography of Amarasirzha, wrote of his having got 
the title Pandita Sarvabhauma from the king of Gaur.! 
Ahmad Shah, 
835—842 H. ‘5 
to light and no inscriptions. The extant coins of his successor 
Nasiru-d-din Mahmid Shah (I) begin from 842 H., mints Firo- 
zabad (?) and Catgaon.+ Unless, therefore, a theory of rebellion 
is assumed, about which there is no allegation in the histories, 
hmad’s reign came to an end probably at that time, if not a 
little before. Two facts seem to support this view indirectly. 
irstly, no embassy was sent to China from Bengal, between 
1416-1437 A.D. (the two years inclusive), i.e., during the entire 
rule of the dynasty of Ganega. It was resumed in 1438 A.D. (842 
H.),5> when A’zam’s descendant Mahmud got the throne. 
Secondly in the Matla’us-s-sa’dain of Abdur-r-Rezak it is narrated 
that the king of Bengal complained of the invasion of Jaunpur 
Sultan, Ibrahim, to the Persian king Shah Rokh, and asked for 
help, upon which the latter despatched Karimu-d-din Abu-al 
Makarim Jami to Jaunpur with a rescript directing the ruler of 
that kingdom to refrain from interfering with Bengal or to be 
held responsible for the consequences thereof. This ambassa- ° 
dor while returning home with an envoy of Bengal king was 
met in Kalikat by the author in 845 H., some time after Safar 
(.e., after 21st June, 1441 A.D.).6 The custom of sending 
embassies to kings outside India does not appear to have been 
observed by any king of the dynasty of GaneSa, and was appa- 
1 Introductory verses of this commentary, verses 5 to 8, Ananda-. 
tam Barooah’s edition of the Nama-ling-dnusasana, parti, p. 2, Verse 8 
1s quoted below (wanting in A.S.B.’s MS.) :-— 
Punyim Pandit-Sarvabhauma-padavim Gaud-Gvani-vasavad 
Yah praptah prathito- Vrhaspati-r-iti_kema-loka- vacaspatih | 
Sanandarn Pada-cand iki sa kurute tikim-imam Kirtaye \\ 8 \\ 
2 The date appears in the notes under Text i, 4(3 in some), 21, see 
A.8.B.’s MS., iii. C. 73, fol. 6la :-— 
Idainim ca Sak-abdah \\ 1353 \ _dvGtrirngad-abd-adhika-panca-Sato- 
ottara catuh-sahasra-varsani Kali-sandhyayam bhiitani 4532 | 
gory Ahmad’s coins of 836 H., Marsden, l.c., J.A.8.B., 1893, p. 268, 1846, 
p. 327, 
4 Mahmiid’s coins of 842 H. (Catgaon), P.A.S.B., 1893, p. 143, 
J.A.8.B., 1893, pp. 232-3 (one ? Firozabad) 
5 Pauthier, l.c., A.S.R., xv, p. 174. eh 
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