46 Pavana-dutam or Wind-Messenger. {| March, 1905. 
Documents for From the following documents the succes- 
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) The MSS. of Dana-sagara and Adbhuta-sagara attributed 
_ to Ballalasena (their introductory verses) ; 
(c) The stone inscription of Vijayasena at Deopara (Hp. Ind. 
I, pp. 307-8). 
(d) The copperplate inscriptions. 
(i) Tarpanadighi, of Laksmanasenadeva (J.A.S.B., 
XIV Eps): 
(ii) Bakargaij, of Vievaripasenadeva (J.A.S.B., VI, 
p- 43). 
(i411) Madanapada; of Vicvartipasenadeva (J. A.S.B., 
EXVEtp. o>) 
These show that the dynasty was founded by Samantasena ; 
THe Sueddssion then his son Hemantasena who married 
Yasodevi; then his son Vijayasena; then 
his son Vallalasena; then his son Laksmanasena who married 
Cri-tandra (?) ; and lastly his son Vigvariipasena. 
The succession thus proved disposes of the assumption of 
Dr. R. L. Mittra that two Laksmanasenas existed in the Sena 
dynasty. It also sets aside the traditionary list in the Ain-1- 
Akbari®, 
The next question is about the times of the Sena kings. The 
Fiyae determination of these times largely de- 
ENOHE CEECHIG IOS pends upon the ascertainment of Lie 
sena’s rule. For the beginning of Laksmanasena’s rule various 
dates have been given A.D. 1106, 1119-20,5 1170,§ and 1172.7 
On account of conflicting data, the solution of the problem is 
not free from doubts. 
The first historical fact to be noted is an era, known as 
Laksmansena Era Laksmansena’s samvat, abbreviated to @e 
: * ge. This erais still used in Mithila, and 
_ 1 Of the Dédna-sagara, extracts from three MSS. are available (R. L. 
Mittra, Notices of Sanskrit MSS. I, p. 151; Hggelling, India office MSS. 
Catalogue, p. 545; and ‘“‘ Notices,” 2nd Series by Haraprasad Qatri, Vol. F, 
p. 170). Of the Adbhuta- -sagara extract from one MS. is known, Report on 
Sanskrit MSS., Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar, 1897, pp. 88—85, 
2 J.A.S.B., XLVII, pp. 398, 402. 
8 Jarrett’s Transl. Vol. II, p. 146. 
4 J.A.8.B. XLVII, p. 398; Valléla-caritam, Adh. O77, cl. 4, ces va. 
5 Epig. Ind. Vol. I, p. 306; J.A.8.B., LXIX, p. 62. 
6 J.A.8.B.,:LXV, p. 31. : 
1 Report « on Sanskrit MSS in 1 Bombay, 1897, Dp. LXXXVUT. 
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