34 N. N. Vasu-—Chronology of the Séna Kings of Bengal. [No. 1, 
kingdom of Candra-dvipa came to be ruled by the descendants of the 
daughter of Jaya-déva.! 
Abi-l-fazl thus writes of Candra-dvipa, 7. e., Sarkar of Bakla :—‘ In the 
29th year of the Divine era, a terrible inundation occurred at 3 o'clock in 
the afternoon, which swept over the whole Sarkar. The Raja held an 
entertainment at the time. Heat once embarked on board a boat, while his 
son, Paramananda-raya with some others climbed to the top of a temple and 
a merchant took refuge ona high loft. For four hours and a halfthe sea 
raged amid thunder and a hurricane of wind. Houses and boats were 
engulfed, but no damage occurred to the temple or loft.’2 
It would appear from Abu-l-fazl’s statement that Paramananda’s 
father also was a king of Candra-dvipa, and that Paramananda escaped 
from the flood that took placein the 29th year of Akbar’s reign, 
i.e. 1685 A.D. There isno doubt as to the deluge having occurred 
in the year quoted above ; but according to the account of the Kulacarya- 
karikas of Candra-dvipa, Jagadananda-raya was theruler at that time 
and the life of his son Kandarpa-narayana was saved on the occasion.® 
Especially, in the year after the occurrence of the deluge referred 
to, we, 1586 A.D., Ralph Fitch, who came to this country, saw 
Kandarpa-narayana, the grandson of Paramananda on the throne.* 
Under such circumstances, more reliance should be placed on the 
genealogy of the royal dynasty of Candra-dvipa than on what has been 
mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbar?7. According to the rules of inheritance, 
Paramananda was heir to Jaya-déva and not his father Bala-bhadra. 
It is probable that at the time of Jaya-déva’s death, Paramananda was too 
young to take up the reins of government, and that in consequence his 
father directed the affairs of the state on his behalf. 
According to the Tibetan author, Taranatha, the close of the Séna 
dynasty must have taken place in A. D. 1300. In my opinion, in that 
year the Séna kings were only driven from Sunar-gio by the Muham- 
madans. We see Danuja-raya of Sunargao helping Balban even in A.D. 
1280. Under such circumstances it is more probable that 20 years from 
1 J. A. S. B., 1874, Pt. I, p. 207. 
2 Jarrett’s Atn-i-Akbar?, Vol. II, p. 123. 
In the karika written by Dhruvananda-micra, Court-Poet of Raja Préma- 
narayana of Candra-dvipa, it is stated :— 
AMA Heal: BISHVAT: | 
THY SYR GRA F SNA: | 
Aaas GUAM ASST AA KAT | 
Wl A Bat Aaa TT I 
areaiqagaat sweraealasi: | 
* Hackluyt’s Voyages, Vol. II, p. 257; and J. A. 8. B., 1874. Pt.1, p. 207. 
