a50 Analysis of the Bengali Poem Raj MMd, [No. 7. 



concurred in this and both agreed to fight before the celebration of 

 the Durga Puja, in order that the slain might be offered a3 sacrifices 

 to Durga. The Tripura troops accordingly retired into winter quarters. 

 But Sekandar Shah the king of the Mugs did not wait for the Durga 

 Puja, he invaded and took Chittagan. The Raja of Tripura sent 

 an army under the command of his three sons to repel them. On 

 this the king of the Mugs wished to make peace and sent the brothers 

 a crown of ivory as a present, a dispute arose among them as to who 

 should possess it, and one who lost it abused the Mugs. This led to 

 a battle, the Mugs were defended by stockades, and on Jagier, one 

 of the Raja's sons, attempting to mount a wounded elephant, the animal 

 maddened with pain, seeing his ornaments seized him and trampled 

 him to death : the Tripura soldiers fled ; another battle was fought 

 which was gained by the Mugs in consequence of a disagreement be- 

 tween two thousand Patan cavalry. The Mugs marched on to Udipur 

 which they plundered, A. D. 1587, the Raja fled to the forests of Dum 

 Ghat.* In consequence of these misfortunes, as well as from bad omens 

 and unpleasant dreams, the Raja resolved to destroy himself, having 

 bathed in " the sacred Mani river," he swallowed a quantity of opium 

 and died, in the course of a day. 



He was succeeded by his son Rajadhara Manik, the Rani his mother 

 performed Sati " decorating her person with all her ornaments and 

 directing Rama's name to be written on her body." Rajadhar in oppo- 

 sition to the wish of his nobles gave away much land to the Brahmans 

 stating that in his old age he might not be able to do so ; he was an 

 enthusiastic Vishnuvite, employing eight singers to chaunt the praises 

 of Hari day and night. He did not perform the most trivial action 

 without the order of his head Brahman. He erected a temple to 

 Vishnu and surrounded it with a flower and fruit garden in which 

 he worshipped every day. Adin Tagrul king of Gaur thinking him 



* The Mugs are of the same race with the Kukis to whose language the Mug 

 bears a strong affinity. They have at various times exhibited a considerable amount 

 of energy, and at one period they contended with the Burmese for the sovereignty of 

 Asam. They resemble in their career the Mahrattas, but history does not hand 

 down to us any great leaders ; being governed in the patriarchal mode by chief- 

 tains and divided into clans, they could not bring a centralising power to bear on 

 their conquests. 



