§ 175.] OTHEK SUCCESSOBS OF TUl/Sl DAS. [1600—1700 A.D.] 71 
of the period. Neither can I agree with Mr. Fallon’s estimate of 
the literary value of his works, which, although couched in popular 
language, are so filthily indecent as to be unreadable by any person of 
European training and taste. 
172. *tr the poet Man Das, of Braj. B. 1623 
A.D. 
Rag. A favourite poet. His principal work was a vernacular 
poem entitled Ram Charitr’, founded on the Ramayana of l/almihi 
and on the Hanuman Natalia. 
173. the poet Thakur the elder. FI. 1643 A.D. 
Haj., Sun. According to one account he was a bard of the village 
As’nl, district Fatih’pun and lived about the time of Muhammad Shah 
(1719—1748.). Others say he was a Kayasth of Bundel’khand. 
There is a legend in Bundelkhand that one time the Buiidelas were 
assembled at Chhattr'pur in order to murder Himmati Bahadur (No. 
378), the Grosa’i, and that Thakur sent them a poem commencing 
^ cfff; cf i on receipt of which they dispersed. 
Himmati Bahadur rewarded the poet for this service with a present 
of money. But Himmati Bahadur flourished in 1800, while this 
poem is included in the Hajara of Kalidas Tribedl, No. (159), which 
was completed in or about the year 1708. It is probable, therefore, 
that there were two poets of this name, who have been confounded. 
Moreover, Sib Singh states that he has in his possession hundreds of 
excellent short poems by a Jhahur Kabi who was alive in Sambat 
1700 (A.D. 1643), and hence the present poet’s date is fixed as 
above. 
174. Beddrjg Ray. FI. cir. 1650. 
Author of the Par's 7 Par'has, a work describing the manner of 
counting the months, etc., by Hindus and Musalmans, which was 
compiled under orders of Shah Jahan. See Garcin de Tassy, i, 519. 
175. TT^T the poet Kasi Ram. B. 1658 A.D. 
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1 The whole poem in given in the Sib Sirjgli Saroj , p. 124. 
