470 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. {December, 1909. 
(3) Laksgmana ey invaded Kalinga and so consequently 
11) and defeated the King of Benares ina 
built a pillar of victory (87xss ) at Benares :— 
AN ba 
aa faaary 
(4) In the . -second line of this grant we oe a 
Laksmana Sena subdued Kamripa or Ass 
know ret the Deopara inscription that Vijaya Sua 
also led an invasion into this country.! 
ena. ey are records of a king named Aéokacalla of a country 
named Sapadalaksa. The dates in them are expressed :— 
(1) Srimal=Lakhvana Senasy=Atita-rajye Sam 51, Bhadra 
(2) Srimal = Laksmana-Sena- fot) iy a cual atita-rajye Sam 
74, Vaisakha vadi 12 gura 
According to Nagendra Babu’s heey’: Laksmana Sena was 
living at ike time when these inscription were incised. But one 
serious omission is noticeable in the ordin ng of these two dates. 
In all other inscriptions, the date is expressed : oe arama- 
bhattaraka-Maharajadhira BS 3k . Vijayarajye” or “ Pra- 
vardhamana Vijaya-rajye.” But here we have “atita ragys. 
If Laksmana Sena was dead before 51 La—Sarm how could 
Bakhtyar Khiliji nase him from Nudiah !!! The death of 
Laksmana Sena before the Wiishictn Nice as is established 
1 Epigr. Ind., 
2 JAS B., 1896, ts i PP. 20-23, 
3 Seitios Ind, rol v 
Catal of Man sets, University Library, Cambridge. Buddhist 
Sanskrit MSS. by C. Bendall, M.A. &, ii ead l9e, . 
