192 '^'Haraprasada ^asiri — India in Laksmana Sena's time. [July, 1898.] 



From Nagapura the messenger goes to Setuvandha which is close 

 by and which is used by the citizens as a resort of pleasure. The 

 Bridge is compared to an arm of the earth sent towards the island of 

 Lanka. The poet advises the messenger to pay his homage to the 

 phallic emblem of fiva stationed there entitled Ramegvara. 



Thence he should proceed to Kanci the Queen of Southern India. 

 It is said to be on a small rivulet named Suvata. From Kanci the 

 Messenger is advised to go to Kaveri where the Keralis play their 

 pranks. * The water rises up to the waist and no more. Blowing to the 

 North the South wind comes to the Mountain Malyavan, the scene 

 of Rama's lamentations. This is perhaps in the Nellur district. Thence 

 to the sheet of water known as Pancapsara mentioned in Raghuvan^a 

 and identified by Mr. Beglar in vol. XIII of Sir A. Cunningham's Report 

 with a dried up lake near Bi9ramapura the residence of the Raja of 

 Sirguja. Blowing nortliward the wind comes to the Andhra country with 

 its noble river the Godavari ; passing which is the Kalinga Nagara on the 

 seashore. To the north of this is the Vindhya Range with its beautiful 

 woodlands through the Bamboo groves of which flow the Reva. To the 

 north of this is the Yayatinagara or Jajapura where the Keralia women 

 enjoy the sports of love. Kerala is the name of the Malabar coast 

 and Western Maisur. One may be surprised to hear of the Kerala 

 women in the capital of Orissa. But it was about the time of 

 Lakshmana Sena that the Kongas from Kerala conquered Udisya and 

 founded what is known as the Gangavan9a. 



From the capital of Utkala the invisible Messenger blows to the 

 country known as Suhma, or what is now known as the Western Bengal. 

 There in that country was a temple of Raghukulagaru, apparently piva 

 with half his person occupied by Parvati, on the Ganges, that is, the 

 Bhagirathi. Between the temple and the river is the embankment 

 thrown by Ballala Sena. To the north of this, is the holy country in 

 which Yamuna separates herself from the Ganges. This is Trivenl 

 about 80 miles north of Calcutta. To the north of this is the capital 

 of Bengal on the Ganges. Its name is Vijoyapura and there is a victo- 

 rious camp. 



The females of Bengal at this time were fond of ornaments made 

 of palm-leaves and they were also fond of swinging machines. 



7. Bengali and Behari- Folk-lore ahout Birds.— By pARAT Candra 

 MiTKA, M.A., B.L., Corresponding Member of the Anthropological Society 

 of Bombay. Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary. 



The paper will be published in the Journal, Part III. 



