32. N. N. Vasu—Chronology of the Séna Kings of Bengal.  [No. 1, 
After this sprang Danauja-madhava from the Séna dynasty. All 
kings of his time made obeisance to him. Several Brahmanas, sprung 
from 22 families, and adorned with many good qualities, came to his 
court, and with the view of out-stripping his grand-father, Danauja- 
madhava established them in his kingdom, giving them wealth and the 
title of Kaulinya...... They were all established already at the Court of 
Laksmana-séna. 
I have not been able to ascertain from the genealogies of ancient 
families whose son Danauja-madhava was. ‘he Karika of Hari-mic¢ra 
plainly shows that Kécava-séna was not his father, Iam incliued to 
conjecture that Danauja-madhava of the Séna family was the son of 
Sada-séua. 
According to Edi-micra, Hari-migra, Dhruvananda, Mahéevara and 
other genealogists, as also the old account of Kulacaryas of Edilpur, 
itwas Danauja-madhava who reorganised Kulinism among the Brah- 
manas and Vaygaja Kayasthas. Some of these Karikas give the name 
of Danauja-madhava-déva slightly altered, such as Danuja-~madhava- 
déva, Danuja-mardana-déva. But whether he was called Nauja, Danuja 
Raya, Danauja-madhava, Danuja-mardana or Danuja-madhava, there 
is no doubt that they all refer to the same individual.! 
According to some of the Karikas of Kdilpur, this Danauja-madhava 
or Danuja-mardana issued orders about Kulinism from Candra-dvipa, 
and again the Ghatakas of Vikrama-pura say that the proclamation was 
made from Vikrama-pura. Moreover there is a tradition extant that a 
person named Danuja-mardana, after leaving Vikrama-pura went to 
Candra-dvipa and there established a kingdom with the help of his 
spiritual guide. Dr. Wise has thus written of this dynasty :— 
‘It is not improbable that the founder of this family is the same person 
as the Rai of Sunarga0, by name Danuj Rai,? who met the Emperor 
Balban on his march against Sultan Mughisu-d-din in the year 1280. It 
is not likely that the Muhammadan usurper would have allowed a Hindu to 
remain in independence at his capital Sunargao. If the principality of 
Candra-dvipa extended to the River Meghna, the agreement made with the 
Emperor that he would guard against the escape of Tughril to the west 
becomes intelligible.’ 
‘The chief event, however, of his reign was the organisation of the 
Vaygaja Kayasthas. He appointed certain Brahmans, whose descendants 
still reside at Edilpur (‘Adilpur), to be Ghatakas or Kulacaryas of the 
Kayasthas, and he directed that all marriages should be arranged by 
them, and that they should be responsible that the Kulina Kayasthas only 
jntermarried with families of equal rank. He also appointed a Svarna- 
1 See Vicva-kosa, article ‘ Kulina.’ 
2 Elliot's Muhammadan Historians of India, Vol. III. p. 116. 
