bidyapati. 
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beloved of king Sib STh, while in 76, she is styled the wife of Raghab STh. 
Local tradition makes her the wife of Bidyapati. Who Raghab Sih was, 
we shall see bye and bye. In Song 37, Pran’bati is called the necklace of 
Rup Narayan, and that is all the information available concerning her. 
Raja Sib Sih had six wives, # all of whom died without issue, and two 
of whom, Lakhima Thakurani and Debt Bisvas, succeeded Sib Sih upon the 
throne. 
The following table, abstracted from the genealogists’ records, avail¬ 
able in this subdivision, will show the relationship between Sib Sih, Rup 
Narayan, and Raghab Sih ; (if, as I doubt, the popular tradition making 
them three distinct persons, is correct). 
Bhah STh. 
Bv his 2nd wife. 
i 
Deb Sih. 
By his 4th wife. 
l 
Hari STh. 
Sib STh, no issue. 
Nar STh, alias Darp Narayan 
Dhir STh, alias Hirday 
Narayan. 
Hari Narayan, alias 
Bhairab STh. 
Raghab STh, m. Mahadebi 
Hasini. 
Rup Narayan.f 
Kuwar Gadadhar, no issue. 
Kas Narayan, no issue. 
It thus appears that both Rup Narayan and Raghab STh were first 
cousins twice removed from Sib STh. With Kas Narayan the line of 
Bhab STh became extinct. The family is now-a-days represented only 
by the present Maharani of Sugaona and Chapahi, who married a de¬ 
scendant of a collateral branch of the family, and who has no son. With 
her, therefore, an old royal family in Mithila will become extinct. 
But, admitting the above table to be correct, as it certainly is, the 
same doubt arises concerning Raghab STh, as that which arose concerning 
Rup Narayan. They must have been contemporaries, and that being the 
case, it is just as improbable that Raghab STh could have been contemporary 
with Bidyapati as Rup Narayan. Who then was the Raghab STh men¬ 
tioned by Bidyapati? His name occurs in two songs (Nos. 61 and 76), 
and in one of them he is called the lord of Modabati. I hesitate at suggest- 
* Mahadebi Bisvas, M. Sajhainf, M. Bat’na, M. Lakhima, M. Uma, M. Guna. 
f Married, (1.) M. Anumati, (2.) M. Bhanumati, (3.) M. S'aiti, (4.) M. 
Medha, (5.) a lady, name unknown. 
F 
