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[§ 370. 
the MODEBN LITEBABY HISTOBY OF HINDfJSTlN. 
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i, 131.) He is possibly the same as another Braj Basl Das alias Das 
Braj Basl mentioned (without date) by Sib Sirjgh as having translated 
the play Prabodha Chandrodaya into the vernacular (Rag.). 
370. the poet and bard Karan, of 
JOdh'pur in Mar'war. FI. cir. 1730 A.D. 
A poet of the Rathaur Maharajs. He wrote a work entitled the 
SQrya Par’kds under the patronage of Maharaj Abhay Siygh (1724— 
1750), the Rathaur, son of Ajlt Siygh (No. 195). It is 7,500 clokas in 
length, and gives a history of the time from Maharaj Jas'want Sirjgh 
(1638—1681) down to Abhay Sirjgh (1731 A.D.). Cf. Tod, i, xiv; ii, 
4, 91, 107; Calc. ed. i, xiii; ii, 4, 99, 117. Tod gives an anecdote 
and quotation from this poet in ii, 120; Calc. ed. ii, 131. 
371. Bijai Siygh, Maharaj of Jddh'pur, in Mar'- 
war . Reigned 1753—1784 A.D. 
He was an author himself, and got written the Bijai Bilcis, a 
historical work of 1,00,000 couplets, narrating the war between Bijai 
Sirjgh and his cousin Ram Siygh, the son of Abhay Siygh. It 
was in consequence of this war that the Marathas entered the state 
of Mar’war. Sib Sirjgh wrongly states he was king of Udaipur, 
in Mewar. See Tod’s Rajasthan , i, xiv; ii, 4, 121 (Calc. ed. i, xiii; 
ii, 4 ; 134 and If.). 
372. *TR the poet Man , Brahman, of Bais'wara. 
FI. 1761 A.D. 
He wrote in the above year a vernacular translation of the Krisna 
Khan da entitled Krish'n Kallol. The commencement of this work 
contains an important genealogy from (jaliuahana to Champati Ray 
( ? the father of Chhattr’ Sal, No. 197). 
373. the poet Chhem Karan, the Brahman 
of Dhanauli, district Bdrabayki. B. 1771 A.D. 
He was author of (1) Ram Ratnahar, (2) Ramaspad (?), (3) GurQ 
Katha, (4) fihnih, (5) Ram-Git Mala, (6) Krish'n-Charitamrit, (7) Pad 
Bilas, (8) Raghu-raj Ghandchharl, (9) Britt-Bhaskar, and other 
excellent works. He died in 1861, at the age of ninety. 
