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Parikshit, on the death of his father, went to Pragjyotishapnra and 
worshipped three times at Kamakhya. An astronomer attached to 
the temple foretold that unless he became king' within two days, he 
would not get the kingdom for twelve years, and he accordingly set 
sail and proceeded with all haste to Baranagara, where he was hailed 
as king. It is said that his boatmen were so exhausted by their 
exertions that on arriving they all lay as if dead, and were only brought 
back to life by the tender ministrations of 140 girls (sent for the 
purpose by Parikshit) who anointed their bodies with oil and acid 
fruits, and then passed the night with them. Next morning, says the 
Vamsavali each boatman was married to the girl with whom he had 
slept. Parikshit is said to have built a town where North Gauliati 
now stands, and to have mounted cannon at Pandunatha, which were 
still in position at the time when the Vamsavali was composed. 
Subsequently war broke out between Parikshit and Lakshmi Narayana, 
and the latter being worsted, went to Delhi, and giving his sister to the 
Emperor in marriage, implored him to send an army to his assistance. 
In accordance with his request, Paransubha and Mukarram Khan 
were sent against Parikshit. Parikshit was defeated and then 
entrenched himself in a fort which he built on the banks of the Saukosh, 
which the Musalmans besieged for a year without success. They then 
resorted to stratagem, and by floating rafts of plantain trees down the 
river by night, made Parikshit believe that they had crossed it and 
were marchiug on his capital. Under this impression, he abandoned his 
intrenchments and hurried back to Vijayanagara. 
In the meantime his brother Bali Narayana, after taking refuge for 
a year with a Bara Bliuiya family residing at Maniari village in Dar- 
rang, went to the Ahom king, Svarga Narayana, and invoked his aid 
against the Musalmans. The latter took the field with a large army, 
and defeated the Musalmans, who fled across the Ivaratoya. Svarga 
Narayana then placed Bali Narayana, whom he re-named Dharma 
Narayana, in charge of the conquered country, the boundaries being on 
the east the Bharali, on the west the Karatoya, on the north the 
Gomiri mountains, and on the south the hills of Siri. 
Comparison of the Vamsavali with other sources of information. 
Thus far the Vamsavali of Raja Lakhshmi Narayana Kuar. I now 
refer briefly to other accounts of the events 
dynsfsty 86 ° f the Koch with which it deals.* And first of all, as to 
the parentage of Bisu and Sisu. 
* Minor points in which other accounts corroborate it, have been noted passim 
in the abstract of the Vamsavali given above. 
