38. Theories to explain the Origin of the Visen Family 
of Majhawali. 
By M. M. HaraprasaD SHASTRI. 
I propose in the following pages to write a history of the 
Bissen Ksattriyas of Oudh. There are no less than thirteen 
for themselves by their loyalty, devotion to the Throne, their 
public spirit and open-handed liberality, a position amon 
Chiefs of India inferior only to the great ruling chiefs of the 
have formulated various theories which it is desirable. to 
examine carefully. There are some statements in the ancient 
traditions that the family is a Brahma-Ksattriya family. that 
is, Ksattriya closely connected with Brahmins. Proceeding on 
this statement the writers make Maydra, a Brahmin, the 
father of Visva Sen, the founder of the family. And as there 
was a famous Mayira, a Brahmin poet of great celebrity, they 
identified this Mayaira with that and somehow explained the 
origin of the family. But the position is untenable. Much, 
however, is known of Mayura Kavi who was the contemporary, 
and some say the father-in-law, of Vana Bhatta, the Court 
pandit of Harfavardhana, the last great Hindu Emperor of 
