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period which the writer of the above article considers too long for the 
reign of only two successive kings; he therefore makes Laksmana-séna 
as the great grandson of Ballala-séna, the same who was defeated by 
Bakhtiar Khilji. He further adds :—‘ Let us suppose that Ballala wrote 
the Dana-sigara in Caka 1091 (A.D. 1169), and died two or three 
years later, when Laksmana, an elderly person, ascended the throne 
which he lost after a reign of 25 or 30 years in J203 A.D. This 
according to Minhaju-d-din happened on the king’s attaining his 80th 
year. If it be true it indicates no doubt old age; but there is no 
certainty aboutit..... The two copper-plate grants by Laksmana- 
séna—one to I¢vara-candra-déva-carma and the other to Krsna-dhara- 
déva-carmma—bear respectively the dates 3rd Bhadra, year 7, and 
10th Magha, year 2. These years are believed to be those of the 
Laksmana era, An era may commence from the date of the birth 
of a prince, from that of his appointment as an heir-apparent, from 
that of the actual commencement of his reign, or from that of any im- 
portant event. The Lakgmana era, it is evident from the copper- 
plates did not commence from the time of his birth, but dates either 
from his inauguration as the prince elect, or from his accession to the 
throne of Gauda.’ ! 
F. Inan able article on the era of Laksmana-séna* Mr. Beveridge 
says :-— 
‘The last Hindu king of Bengal mentioned in the Abi-l-fazl’s list (Ain, 
p- 4138, Bibliotheca Indica edition) is Raja Nojah, who ruled three years. 
This is the Raja Noe or Najah of Gladwin, for he has both spellings, and 
the Rajah Bhoja of Lassen. Abu-l-fazl says that when Raja Noja died the 
kingdom passed to Laksmana who ruled at Nadia and was expelled by 
Bakhtiar Khilji (Ain, p. 414). In my humble opinion this Laksmauna is 
the Lachman-séna of the Akbar-nama and the prince who gave his name 
to the Laksman era. 
G. Dr. Kielhorn in his article on the Deo-para Inscription of 
Vijaya-séna in Hpigraphia Indica, Vol. I. (1692), thus writes on the 
subject :— 
‘According to Dr. Rajéndralala Mitra. (Notices of Sanskrit MSS. 
Vol. I, p. 151) Ballala-séna in the Dana-sagara calls himself the son of 
Vijaya-sena and grandsonof Hémanta-séna, and according to the same 
authority, the Dana-sagara was composed in A. D. 1097. The statement 
T am unable to verify......... Vijaya-sena is eulogised as having defeated and 
imprisoned besides others, the Kings Nanya and Vira (page 306). Nanya 
we find again (as was first. pointed out to me by Dr. Burgess) in Nanya- 
Late aTqye pp. 90-96. 
2 J. A. 9. Be, Vol. LVII. Pt.I, p. 5. 
