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coming ; but there are other and permanent causes at work for the 

 overthrow of the scholastic glory of Nuddea. 



Smriti. 



1. The tole of Brajandth Vidydratna. Here there were seventeen 

 students, four from the districts round Nuddea (degiya,} and thirteen 

 from other parts of Bengal (bidegi.) Those from Bengal came from 

 Dacca, Rungpore, Dinajpore, Jessore, Rajshahi, and Pubna. 



2. That of Rdmndth Tarhasiddhdnta. Here there were tew bidegi 

 and five degiya students. The former came from Jessore, Khunla 

 near Dacca, Dacca, Tripur, and Burisal. 



3. That of Madhusudan Nydyaratna, the brother of Hara Mohan 

 Chudamani. Here there were three degiya and seven bidegi students, 

 the latter from Jessore and Burisal. 



4. That of Hariddsa Ciromani. Here there were four students, 

 two from the neighbouring district and two from Dacca. 



5. That of Cib Ndth Bidydbdchaspati. Here there were four 

 students, two of whom came from Miduapore and one from Jessore ; 

 the fourth was a native of the Nuddea District. 



6. That of Prasanna Cunidr Vidydratna, brother of the deceased 

 Cri Ram Tarkaratna. Here there were fourteen students, twelve of 

 whom were bidegi, i. e., as coming from Burisal, Dacca, and Chitta- 

 gong.* 



Nydya. 



1. That of the two brothers, Hara Mohan Chudamani and Bhuvan- 

 mohan Vidydratna, and their uncle, Raghumani Vidydbhushan. 

 Here there were twenty-one students, four degiya and seventeen 

 bidegi, — the latter from Furreedpore, Burisal, Dacca, Midnapore, 

 Jessore, Mithila, and one even from Nepal. 



2. That of Prasanna Chandra Tarkaratna. Here there were 

 eighteen students, fourteen of whom were bidegi, i. e., six from Mithi- 

 la, five from Delhi and Lahore, two from Pooree and one from the 

 Tamil country. 



3. That of Mddhava Chandra Tarhasiddhdnta. Here there were 

 sixteen students, eight of whom were bidegi, i. e., four from Bakla 

 near Comilla, two from Dinajpore, and two from Jessore. 



* His pupils were quite middle-aged and some greyheaded. They wished to 

 read with him, though a young man of twenty-five, as he belonged to a family 

 long renowned as Smarta Pandits. 



