142 On the Sena Rajas of Bengal. [No. 3, 



kara* Gaureswara, owing probably to its having been erected by order 

 of one of the Sena Rajas. The epigraph of the Ddnasdgara assigns to 

 Ballala Sena the title of fsp'SR^fSl/lfT which, according as the s of 

 Sankara is taken to be a palatal or a dental, means " undoubtedly the 

 most excellent," or " undoubtedly of a mixed race." It is very unlikely 

 that anybody would assume the latter for a distinctive title. This 

 is, however, a question of so little consequence to the antiquarian, that 

 I need not dwell upon it any longer. 



P. S. As Mr. Metcalfe's translation does not profess to be literal I have 

 not thought proper to alter it in any way, except in the cases of verses 

 4, 5 and 20, which are susceptible of very different interpretations, 

 one of which would make Vira Sena a king of Dekkan and his great 

 grandson the first who subjugated Bengal, and another take him to 

 be only a Southron by race, but a king of Bengal. (12th Sept. 1865.) 



Transcript and Translation of an Inscription from RdjashdM. — By 

 C. T. Metcalfe, Esq., C. S. 



Victory be to the mouths of Shambhu (Shiva), who laughed on 

 looking through the light of the moon at the shame-contracted face 

 of Debi who, for fear of the removal of her breast -cloth, turned 

 aside her head, the garland of which drowned the light of the candle in 

 the hymeneal chamber. 



^fNt ^^^fH^-rmfg^s'rRn^: sra: 11 ^ 11 



We bow down before the idol of Harihara (Vishnu and Shiva), 

 known under the name of Pradyumneshwara, where the Bebis, fearing 

 * Ante Vol. XVII. Pt. II, p. 283. 



