1896.] N.N. Vasu—Chronology of the Sena Kings of Bengal. 33 
matya, or master of the ceremonies, who fixed the precedence of cach 
member of the Sabha or assembly, and who pointed out the proper seat 
each individual was to occupy at thefeast given by the Raja. These 
officers still exist and the holders of them are much respected by all 
Kayasthas.! , j 
It seems evident from the above that Laksmana-séna’s grand-son, 
Dananja Rai or Danauji-midhava of Vikrama-pura, having been greatly 
annoyed by the Musalmans, went to Candra-dvipa and established a 
kmgdom there. From the Karikiés of the Ghatakas of Candra-dvipa, 
it would appear that after Danauja-midhava, his descendants Rama- 
vallabha-déva-riya, Krsna-vallabha-déva-raya, Hari-vallabha-déva-raya 
and Jaya-déva-raya ruled Candra-dvipa one after another.2 The last of 
the Séna kings of Candra-dvipa (Jaya-déva) had no male issue. The 
oldest of the karikas of the Ghatakas of Candra-dvipa thus says :— 
ATMA BA ULAR: | 
a Alas: Hal ATeat ASAT | 
axa aust 2aamaqga: | 
Rams Ia a fe aa: wqeaATa: | 
UAT VTA SHAT I 
Paramananda the wise was Bala-bhadra’s son, and the valiant 
Jaya-déva was the grand-father of Paramananda on the mother’s side. 
Jaya-déva belonged to the Déva-family and was the king of Candra- 
dvipa. On his demise, Paramananda, as heir to the throne, ruled the 
kingdom. 
A question may here arise that if Jaya-déva and his predecessors 
belonged to the Séna family, how is it that in the books of the Ghatakas 
of Candra-dvipa they are spoken of as having sprung from the Déva- 
family ?? But the question is easy to answer. Im all the inscriptions 
discovered from the time of Vijaya-séna to that of Vicva-ripa, the 
title ‘déva’ is attached to the names of all the Séna kings, and this 
accounts for the statement made by the Ghatakas. 
In all the karikis of the Ghatakas of Edilpur, it is mentioned, 
that Paramananda-raya, the first king of the Vasu family of Candra- 
dvipa, son of Bala-bhadra-vasu, a first-class Kulina of Dehurghati, was 
Raja Jaya-déva’s daughter’s son. All these show conclusively that the 
1J. A. 8. B., 1874, Pt. 1, p. 206-7. 
2Dr. Wise gives a similar Table, except that he omits the name of Hari- 
vallabha-déva. J. A. &. B., 1874, Pt. 1, p. 207. 
3 Déva means here divine or illustrious. 
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