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he was followed by 26 lineal successors, all bearing the surname of Ray. 

 Then there appeared to have been some kind of break. The 28th member 

 of the family was Bhimakarna, who at first reigned together with his elder 

 brother Shyamakarna, but afterwards became sole ruler for 10 years. 

 He was followed, in lineal succession, by 16 rulers, all distinguished by 

 the surname of Karna. Then followed, as the 44th Raja, Vairisala, who 

 reigned 14 years. He was said to have served with distinction in many 

 wars under the Mogul emperor Aurangzib (1658 — 1707). He was 

 followed by Durjana S'ala, who fell out with the Emperor and was 

 imprisoned by him in the fort of Gwaliyar for 12 years. At the end of 

 that time he was reconciled to the emperor, who not only permitted him 

 to return home, but conferred on him and on his successors the title of 

 Shah. Durjana S'ala reigned altogether 41 years. He had four sons? 

 of whom the eldest was Madhukara Shah and the youngest Rama Shah. 

 The former succeeded his father and reigned 18 years. He was succeeded 

 by his son, Deva Shah, who again was succeeded by his uncle Rama Shah, 

 the 48th of the line of Nagavamsi Rajas. He was said to have been in great 

 favour with the emperor of his time (Shahjahan or Aurangzib) to 

 whom he gave a daughter in marriage. He was the Shah of the inscription 

 of 1711. He reigned 25 years and was succeeded by his son Raghunath 

 Shah, the most celebrated of the line, who reigned 36 years, and was 

 succeded by his son Jadunath Shah for 18 years, and his grandson Siva, 

 nath Shah for 9 years, and great-grandson Udayanath Shah for 7 years. 

 The latter was succeeded by his uncle, Shyam Sundar Shah, a brother 

 of Sivanath Shah, who only reigned 5 months, and was followed by his 

 brother Balaram Shah. He reigned 3 years and was succeeded by his 

 son Maninath Shah, who reigned 14 years. Now followed Darpanath 

 Shah, a son of Nripanath Shah, who was another of the 13 brothers of 

 Sivanath Shah. Darpanath reigned 29 years and was succeeded by his 

 son Devanath Shah who reigned 14 years, and his grandson Govindanath 

 Shah who reigned 17 years. The latter appeared to have been the first to 

 assume the title of Maharaja, in addition to the family title of Shah- He 

 was succeeded by his eldest son Maharaja Jagannath Shah, the 59th of his 

 line who, at the time of the composition of the Nagavamsavali, had been 

 reigning 17 years. This was in the year 1895 Samvat, or 1838 A. D. 

 Calculating backwards from this date, Ram Shah would have ascended 

 the throne about 1649 A. D. ; which would agree with his inscription 

 dated 1711 Samvat or 1654 A. D. Raghunath Shah game to the throne 

 about 1674 A. D., and his inscriptions are dated 1720 Sam. = 1663 A. D., 

 and 1742 Sam. = 1685 A. D. The unnamed inscription of 1729 Sam. = 

 1672 A. D. would also belong to him. The emperor, to whom Ram 

 Shah gave his daughter might have been Shahjahan, who reigned up to 



