758 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1911 
the Machlishahr grant of Haris-candra-deva has now been 
published; and I find that the Belkhara inscription has n 
been mentioned.'! I have accordingly felt free to discuss son 
Before the discovery of the Machlishahr grant, it 
- generally believed that the Gahadavala dynasty of Kanyak 
came to an end with the death of Jaya-candra-deva in H. 5! 
temporary accounts. They are— 
(1) The Ta@j-ul-Ma’asir, 
(2) The Kamil-ut-tawarikh, 
and (3) the Tabaqdat-i-Nasiri. 
. 
compared with his account of the conquest of Beng 
Bihar. This is to be regretted as we know that the @ 
was more conversant with the affairs of the more No: 
provinces than with those of Bengal and Bihar, though 
_ visited Bengal and stayed there for some time. ; 
1 Epi, Ind., vol. x, p. 98. | 
04 ste History of india,’’ by Sir H. Elliot, London, 1867, 
