46 Pavana-dutam or Wind-Messenger. { March, 1905. 
the succes- 
ocuments for From the following documents 
determining their sion of the Sena kings has been well estab- 
Succession lished 
(a) The Vallala-caritam of Ananda Bhatta (Biblotheca In- 
dica edition) p, 61; Adhyaya 12, glokas 50-3 ; 
(b) _ MSS. of Dana-sigara and cg men a attributed 
o Ballalasena (their introductory verses 
(c) The stone inscription of Vijayasena at bictes (Ep. Ind. 
L, pp. 307-8). 
(d) The copperplate inscriptions. 
(i) Tarpanadighi, of Laksmanasenadeva (J.A.S.B., 
XLIV, p. 11). 
(ii) Bakargaiij, of Vigvartipasenadeva (J.A.S.B., VII, 
43). 
(iii) Madanapada; of Vicvaripasenadeva (J. A.S.B., 
EXV; p. 9.) 
These show that the dynasty was Piso by Samantasena ; 
§ en his son antasena who married 
Their Succession. yy, . devi ; ; then his son Vijayasena; then 
his son Vallalasena; then his son eae ERE, who married 
Cri-tandra (?) ; and lastly his son Vi¢variipa 
The succession thus proved disposes of thi % assumption - of 
Dr. R. L. Mittra that two Laksmanasenas existed in the Sena 
eee * It also sets aside the traditionary list in the Ain-i- 
Akbari’, 
The next question is about the times of the Sena kings. i 
determination of these times largel 
Keiraiterthagen eased pends upon the ascertainment of Se 
La iatah 
sena’s rule. i 
ount of conflicting data, the solution of the problem is 
not free from doubts 
t hiatucioat fact to be noted is an era, known as 
aksmansena’s samvat, abbyeviated to We 
Laksmansena Era. ae. This era is still used in Mithila, and 
1 Of the Dana-sdégara, extracts from three MSS. ar il: Soe 
Mittra, Notices of Sonckrit MSS. T e available (R. 
Sanskrit MSS., Dr. R. G. 
a ase 
e MS. is known, R £ On 
a gio 1897, pp, 88—85, en 
, XLVII, p 2. 
Aap arrett’s Transl. Vol. T 
B. XUVIT, p. 398; Valléla- caritam, aay de 1. 4, = 
§ Epig. Ind. Vol. a . 306; J.A.8.B » LXIX, p st 4 ne Day 
: J.A. S.B., LX 
1 Report o 
on Sanckrit MSS. in Bombay, 1897, p. LXXXVIII- 
