14 C. Bendall— History of Nepal and surrounding Kingdoms. [No. 1, 
Bhagvanlal’s series which was issued by tlie son of Jayastbiti, Jyotir- 
malla in N.S. 533. Here there is a short genealogy (tabulated by 
Bhagvanlal), but no ‘fancy’ ancestry on his father’s side. On the 
contrary, he mentions his father merely as ‘ belonging to the Surya- 
vamsa ’ and then most significantly adds that lie (Jayasthiti) was the 
‘husband Of Rajalladevl. 1 The reason is now clear. It was through 
his mother and not through his father that Jyotirmalla had any 
hereditary claim to the throne. 
We may now turn back to a very important point in this part of 
the history of Nepal, around which a good deal of misapprehension 
has gathered, namely the invasion of Harisimha. 
In spite of the boast of Candesvara, Harisimha’s minister that he was 
“ victorious over all the kings of Nepal ”, 1 2 * 4 there seems to be at present 
no evidence beyond that of the Yarpsavali-tradition preserved by Wright 
and Bhagvanlal to show that Harisimha established himself in the 
valley of Nepal. Against this we may place the testimony of the new 
Yamsavali which was composed within about half a century of the 
event in question and (what is far more convincing) is confirmed by the 
colophons of several MQS. The precise nature of Harisimha’s expedi¬ 
tion may be further explained by the Newari extract forming fig. 10 of 
the Plate; but meanwhile one can see that the effect of his expedition 
could hardly have been permanent, as not many years after we find a 
representative of the old royal family (Jayadeva)* 5 on the throne. Until 
more evidence is forthcoming, it seems safer to regard Harisimha and 
his ancestors 4 who reigned in Tirhut, 6 * 8 Simraon and also possibly other 
parts of the Nepal-Tarai as at most titular kings of Nepal, even if 
they really claimed sovereignty over the valley of Nepal at all. 
For Jayasthiti’s reign MSS. are, as I have said, numerous. The 
earliest date (NS. 500) is taken from the Cat. p. 43, where, beside the 
1 Jayasthiti has the very same epithet ( Rajalladevl-pati) during his lifetime in 
N.S. 500. See Cat. p. 43 1. 23. 
2 Danaratnakara, stanza 3 ap. Eggeling, Cat. 1.0. p. 412. 
8 As to Jayadeva, Pandit Haraprasad has very kindly furnished me with a 
tracing of the colophon of the Society’s MS. first described by him in J. A. S. B., 
LXII. i., p. 250. From this it is now clear that Jayadeva (the reading °vijayadeva 
cannot stand) reigned on till N.S. 476, Phalguna. 
4 It should be noted that the Wright-Bhagvanlal tradition brings in a long 
fine of ancestors for Harisimha and has to stretch out the true chronology of the 
kingdom to work them in. Once regard them as merely kings of the Nepal-Tarni 
and all becomes simple. As to Nanya-deva the reputed founder of the Simraon 
dynasty, see Duff, Chronology, p. 134 and add a reference to Ep. Indica, I, 313. 
8 Candesvara in the Ki-iyaratnakara, st. 4 merely says that his master‘ ruled 
over all Mithila ’ (Cat. Skt. MSS. I.O, p. 410). 
