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man, was, as we have seen, the contemporary of Vigrahapala III, who defeated the 

 Cedl King Karnna in Ahga, and obtained the hand of his daughter Vira-^ri, 

 conquered Kamarupa and Govarddhana, and acquired paramount power. His son 

 was Samalavarman, about whom we do not know much. The accounts of Samala- 

 varman as found in the genealogical works are wholly imaginary. He was succeeded 

 by his son Bhojavarman. The characters of the new grant show that Harivarman and 

 his father Jyotirvarman cannot either be placed before Vajravarman or taken to be 

 his descendants, because most probably Samantasena made an end of the Yadava. 

 kingdom of Eastern Bengal shortly afterwards. So it appears probable that the two 

 dynasties were to some extent contemporaneous. 



The first inscription has indeed been published by the late Dr. Kielhorn, but no 

 facsimile was published at that time. A complete analysis of the characters of 

 these three records or an attempt to fix the date of Harivarman would be out of 

 place here. I intend very shortly to publish another paper on the inscription and the 

 chronology of the Varman kings. It might suffice here to say that the copperplate 

 of Harivarmmadeva, though in a very bad state of preservation, gives us the name 

 of the king and his father. The last line of the first side and the first line of the 

 second contained the following sentences : — 



Maharajadhiraja-Snmad-Jyotirvarmmadeva-paddjtiidhyMaParamavaisnava-Param- 

 e&vara-Paramabhattaraka-Maharajadhiraja Srlmad-Harivarmmadeva kuSali. 



The grant itself was issued from the victorious camp of Vikramapura, and from 

 it we learn that part at least of Eastern Bengal belonged to Harivarmmadeva and 

 that he was preceded by his father Jyotirvarmmadeva on the throne. The charac- 

 ters of the records of those dynasties show that Harivarman cannot be placed in the 

 1 2th century a.d. Consequently it must be admitted that his father Jyotirvarmman 

 has to be placed in the earlier decades of the nth century. The dynasty seems to 

 have continued for three or four generations. We learn from Bhuvanesvara in- 

 scription that Bhavadeva I received the village of Hastinibhitta from the King of 

 Cauda. His son was Rathahga, whose son was Atyahga, and from him was descen- 

 ded Adideva, who was the minister of peace and war [Sandhivigrahika) of the king 

 of Vahga. It is stated in verse 3 that the family settled in the village of Siddhala in 

 Radha. Adideva 's son was Govarddhana who was renowned as a warrior and most 

 probably served under Jyotirvarmmadeva. His son Bhavadeva II was the minister 

 of Harivarmmadeva and of his son also. 



The newly discovered Belabo plate records the grant of 9 dronas of land in the 

 village of Upyalika, in the sub-division of Kausamvi-Astagaccha in the Mandala or 

 District of Adhahpattana, in the Division or Bhukti of Paundravarddhana, to a 

 Brahmana of the Yajur-deva, named Ramadevasarman, son of Visvarupadevasarman, 

 grandson of Jagannathadevasarman and great-grandson of Pitambaradevasarman, 

 who was an inhabitant of the village of Siddhala, in Northern Radha, and had 

 emigrated from Madhyadesa or Kanauj. 



The last line of the Bhuvaneswar inscription of Bhavadeva. contained his sur- 

 name — 



