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was only appeased by the division of the Koch Kingdom. 
According to the vamsavali of the Darrang Rajas, Raghudeva 
was given the portion of Narananayana’s kingdom that lay 
East of the Sankosh river. On Naranarayana’s deatb his 
nephew threw off the allegiance and declared himself indepen- 
dent. The Society possess one coin of this Prince dated 
Saka 1510. 
Obverse. 
(1) Sri-Sri (2) Raghudeva Na- (3) rayana bhipa- (4) lasya 
sake (5) 1510. 
Reverse. 
(1) Sri-Sri (2) Haragauri- (3) carana- kama- (4) la-mad- 
huka (5) rasya. 
According to an inscription in the temple of Madhava at Hajo 
he is said to have repaired that temple in the year 1583. 
he Hon’ble Raja Bahadur of Gauripur possesses two guns 
of Raghudeva. The larger one is in a good state of preserva- 
tion. The muzzle is shaped as a tiger’s head and the portion 
behind the trunnions is decorated with parallel ribs of iron. 
Close to the breach is a vertical projection with a parrot on 
each side of it: see pl. There is a parrot on the lion’s head also. 
The length of the gun is 7’-4” and the diameter of the muzzle 
11”. The inscription runs as follows :— 
Sri-Sri-Raghud drdyanasya-sa{ka}-sam 1514; 7.e., 1592. 
(4) Inscribed Field Piece of Raghudeva.—This gun is of mo- 
derate proportions, the barrel being dodecagonal in shape. It 
measures 4’-6}” in length and the diameter of the muzzle is 
54”, but the inscription on this gun is of great importance, as 
it proves beyond doubt that Raghudeva did not die in 1593 
A.D., as supposed by the chronicler of the Darrang Rajas. 
The inscription runs as follows :— 
Sri-Sii-Raghudevanarayana-karitam-idam-saka 1519 ; $.£,; 
1597 A.D. 
1 J.AS.B., Part I, 1893, p. 268. 
2 Silarai in Bengali becomes Cilarat, as Ca is invariably pronounced 
in Assam as Sa 
8 Gait’s History of Assam, p. 60. 
