246 E. A. Gait —Some Notes on Jaintid History [No. 3, 
(5) Copper plate, dated 1735 Caka. 
This is another grant by the same lady, with the consent of Raja 
Rama-simha, of some land for the worship of the idols of Vasudeva, 
Jagannatha and Bhudliara. 1 * 
The Jaintid Kings. 
It is known that the Jaintia Rajas were of Synteng or Khasi 
descent, and that although they had long come under the influence 
of Hinduism, the KhasI custom of descent through the female con¬ 
tinued to the end. 3 But beyond this we know nothing definite. The 
old people still preserve a few traditions and profess to know the 
genealogy of their kings, and all w T e can hope to do is to test their 
scanty statements by comparing them with the few scraps of infor¬ 
mation furnished by the coins and copper plates mentioned above and 
by stray allusions in the annals of neighbouring states. 
The names of the Jaintia kings with the order in which they are 
said to have reigned are noted below. 
]. 
Parbat Ray. 
13. 
Pratapa-simha. 
2. 
Majha Gu 9 ai. 
14. 
LaksmI-narayana. 
3. 
Burba Parbat Ray. 
15. 
Ram-simha. 
4. 
Bara Gu 9 ai. 
16. 
J ay a-naray ana. 
5. 
Vi jay a Manik. 
17. 
Bara Gu 9 ai. 
6. 
Pratapa Ray. 
18. 
Chattra-simha. 
7. 
Dhan Manik. 
19. 
Vi jay a-naray ana. 
8. 
Jasa Manik. 
20. 
Rama-simha. 
9. 
Sundar Ray. 
21. 
Indra-simha. 
10. 
Chota Parbat Ray. 
22. 
Rajendra-simha, until the 
11. 
Jasamanta Ray. 
annexation in 1835 A.D. 
12. 
Vana-simlia. 
Of the first six of these kings, tradition tells us nothing beyond 
their names, and there is no mention of them elsewhere. As regards 
Dlian Manik, the seventh in the list, the Ahom buranjis relate that he 
was at war with the Kacharis, whose king was named Bhimbal, and 
that in order to enlist the Ahoms on his side, he sent to Pratapa-simha, 
otherwise known as f^egpha, offering him his daughter in marriage, 
1 A curious feature about all these copper plates is that the seal at the top of 
them is almost identical with the device on the coins of the kings of Tipperah. 
3 Report of Commissioner of Dacca to the Board of ‘Revenue, dated 13th 
Novr. 1835. From the first of the copper plates described above it will be seen that 
the Prime Minister in 1692 Qaka was not Hinduised, as he still bore a KhasI name 
and used the distinctive Khasi prefix “ U.” 
