272 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [May, 1908, 
has Varedyan in the place of Visaya, which seems to be a 
misreadin ne 
The grant-portions clearly show that Pundra- varddhana 
formed a part of the Pala kingdom, from the time of Dharmapala- 
deva (fourth quarter of the ninth century) to Madanapaladeva 
subject to the Senas, as the various plates of Laksmanasena, and 
his son Visvariipasena, show in their pease itiettone: 
Towards the end of Laksmanasena’s rule Bengal was invaded 
; by the Islamic forces under the heli 
(a) Mussalman period. chiefs, who gradually conquered th 
province. In Paundra-varddhana lay sdk of the Bengal He 
named in the Tabakat-< Nasiri,—e.g., Burdhan-kot and D 
where Muhammad-i Bakht-yar halted on his A to and retreat 
from Tibbat ; poh Ss the fief of ’Ali-i Mardan, the murderer of 
Muhammad-i i Bakht-yar; Maksadah and Santus, Shae lay the 
mb of his successor Muhammad-i Sheran; Gangiri or Kankiri, 
of Dinajpur District), Santos. (No. 68 of Dinajpur District), 
and Khangor (No. 16 of Bogra er na stillsurvive as parganas.* 
Burdhan-kot is identified with Rajbari, 19 miles north of Bogra 
town ; and Bangaon of the printed ae (Bekanwah of Raverty) 
with a place of — same name near Devikot ; while Naran-goe must 
be near Devikot.® 
After the Mussalman euiraosts the name Paundra-varddhana 
isappeared. In only two later Sanskrit works the name Pundra 
can be traced. The lexicography Tri-kanda--iesa divides the 
Pundras among Varendri, Gauda and Nivrtti +; while the Brah- 
manda section of the Bhavisyat-purana 5 extends the term Pundra- 
desa over Bengal, Bihar and Chota-Nagpur and divides it into 
nine divisions. In the rent-roll of Todarmal, the tract proper 
was distributed among the following Ea abad 
Panjra, Ghoraghat, N.E. Lakhnauti and S.W. Bazuaha. 
Very little is known about its old ‘apitat The Records says 
’ that the capital was more than 30 li in 
Capital circuit, and that the a ae travelled 
from it east above 900 li to reach the con ntry of Kamaripa; the 
Life adds that going from it 900 li or so south-east "8 came to the 
country of Karnasuvarna. Cunningham identified it with Maha- 
sthin-gar, whose ruins lie seven miles north of Bogra town on the 






1 J.AS.B., 1875, p.12. Is Varedyén meant for Varendran? The text 
requires re- -editing. 
2 The numbers are taken from the Statistical Accounts of Bengal. 
3 hate J.A.S.B., 1875, pp 
# II. 187; Madhya-dei = xo’ tha Pusdrih "syur = Varendri- Gauda-Nivrttu 
6 Wilson, Le. p. 
8 Jarrett, Aim-i sg T, "131, 135-8; "J.R.A.S., 1896, pp. 112, 115-7, 
122-8. 
