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1897.] M. V. Pandia —The Antiquity of the poet Nagari Das. 
SrecHTR fwTJrfa *qffe ifcft ^fTt ?T#t ^ 5T WT3[ I 
^3T TUt %I JtT'rTtft *T?T ^ *RT SfftT || *= || 
The latter part of the third line greatly differs in reading from 
that of the specimen. In this work the poet has signed only the conclud¬ 
ing stanzas, No. 43, 45, 46 and 48 yvith the name of Nagariya, Nagar, 
Nagari and Nagari Das and the rest are without his poetic name. 
Haying made the identification of our poet's metrical compositions, 
I now proceed to show the result of my independent researches. I have 
spared no trouble in checking my inquiries by reference to the Krsna¬ 
garh State, in Rajputana, of which the poet was really a ruling 
Chief. Krsnagarh is a petty Native State under the Jaipur Resi¬ 
dency. And the Rathaur clan which rules over it, is an offshoot of 
the illustrious House of Jodhpur. The founder of the State was 
Maharaj Krsna-simli, second son of Maharaja Udaya-simh of Jodhpur. 
Our poet, Nagari Das, was the eighth in descent from the founder 
of the Krsnagarh State. He was the third son of Maharaja Raja-simh. 
His royal name was Maharaja Sisvat-simh, and the Vaisnava appel¬ 
lation was Nagari Das. He has signed his verses by his poetic 
names, such as Nagar, Nagariya, Nagari, and Nagari Das, &c. Babu 
Radha-krsna Das, in his Hindi hook, wrongly names him Maharaja 
Jasvant-simh of Krsnagarh. For, he is generally known throughout 
Rajputana as Maharaja Ssvat-simh of Krsnagarh, and we find this 
name in all the biographical treatises of the Krsnagarh family extant 
in Rajputana. The genealogical table on page 68 will show that there 
had been no such ruling chief as Jasvant-simh in the Krsnagarh family 
from its commencement. 
He (Nagari Das) was born in Vikrama Samvat 1756 on the 12th of 
Pausa Vadi = 1699 A.D., was installed on the throne mV. S. 1805 on the 
15th of Vah^akha £h.di=1748 A.D., and placing his son Sardar-simh upon 
the Gndi on the 10th Alvina £udi of V. S. 1814 = 1757 A.D., retired to 
lead the life of a Vaisnava devotee at Brindaban, and finally died 
there on the 3rd Bhadrapada (J!ukla of V. S. 1821 = 1764 A.D., thus 
living to an age of 64 years 8 months and 6 days. When these dates 
have been confirmed by the Darbar’s office of Krsnagarh, I do not see 
any reason why we should believe Samvat 1648 = 1591 A.D. of the 
Saroj and that conjectured by Babu Radha-krsna Das of Benares to be 
the date of our poet. 
The poet’s exploits of his early days are thus related in the memo¬ 
randum received by me from the Krsnagarh State:— 
(1.) In the V. S. year 1766, when he was only ten years old, he was 
once coming back from the Imperial Darbar at Dehli. In the way he 
