50 Pavana-ditam or Wind-Messenger. (March, 1909. 
~ Chronolo of To summarise, the chronology of the 
the Sena Kings. Sena kings would ‘then stand as follows :— 
Samantasena, founder (A.D. 1119-20) 
His son 
Hemantasena = Yasodevi 
Vijayasena, contemporary vo f Ragiava (also of Coraganga)l 
(1140 —1158-60 ?) 
His son 
Ballalasena oe —1170) 
Laksmanasena atro-i300 rage: = Qri-tandra (?) 
ain 51, 74, 80, 
Inroad of Pe srec j-Bakht- te (A.D.1199 Cirea) 
His son 
Vicvariipasena, 
It is noted in the Tabakat-i-Nasivi: “ His er ae sy 
aaron ii up to this time, are rulers in the country of Ban 
By“ o this time,” I suppose, is meant either the eae in 
ghich. ae aie was in Bengal, A.H., 641-2 (A.D. 1244-5) or the 
year in Ste it was finished A. a 658 (A.D. 1260). 
e discussion a p ace in the time of Dr. Rajendralal 
Cree ees = the Deopara inscription of Vijayasena, 
Sacer tigenon is pag ibed_as “ Brahma-Ksatriy-anam kula-giro- 
dama.”® The sa Alecia Brahma-Ksatra is used in the Valldla- 
la for ‘ise ngs 
What does Brahma-Ksatra mean? Prof. Kielhorn translated 
the ie passage “‘ head-garland of the clans of Brahmanas and 
Ksatriyas.°” In Quka-sandega v. 34, Kerala land is described as 
« Br iis kellie ; janapadam ;” and in ae 11, the word is taken 
to mean “ Brahman-kinged.® ” “Were the Sena kings then Brah- 
manised Keatripas ? In the a they are said to be of 
lunar ra 
Did ‘the founder come from the south? In the Deopara in- 
Their — = it is said that in the lunar race 
rest (v. that in that Sena family was born eer 
(v. 5) Si. siuply killed the robbers of Karnata (v. 8), and who in 
his old age frequented the hermitages on the banks of oe Ganges: 
5 Ep. Ind, 1, ’p. 313. 
5 J.R.A.S,, 1884, p. 409; for note 11, pp. 483-4, 
