The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.482

v1.c16.482

I have already referred to the statement of the Musalman historian, supported by epigraphic evidence, that the descendants of Lakṣmaṇasena continued to rule in Bang or Eastern Bengal. We have several grants of the sons of Lakṣmaṇasena. One of these is the (1) *Madanpara grant of Viśvarūpāsena*. It was discovered in the village of Madanpara, post office Pinjāri, Pargana Kotalipara, Faridpur district. It is a single plate, and its seal at the top has the usual ten-handed image of Sadāśiva. The characters belong to the 12th or 13th century. It contains 60 lines, of which 30 are in verse, and begins with *Oṁ namo Nārāyaṇāya* and an invocation to the same god. Then the moon is praised, and next comes the genealogy of the donor, traced from Vijayasena. The mother of Viśvarūpa was the *Mahiṣī rājñī* Tandrā or Tāḍādevī. The inscription was issued from the *Jaya-skandhāvāra* situated at Phalgugrāma. It records the grant of Piñjokāṣṭhī-grāma in the Vikramapura-*bhāga* of Vaṅga in the Puṇḍravardhana-*Bhukti* to the *Śrutipāṭhaka* Viśvarūpadeva Śarman by *Aśvapati-gajapati-narapati-rāja-trayādhipati Sena-kula-kamala-vikāsa-bhāskara-Somavaṁśapradīpa-P.-Pb.-Parama-saura-M.-Arirāja-Vṛṣabhāṅka-Śaṅkara-Gauḍeśvara* Viśvarūpasenadeva, son of Lakṣmaṇasenadeva.³ The *Dūtaka* was the *Gauḍa-Mahāsandhivigrahika* Kapiviṣṇu. It is dated in the 14th year of the donor.¹ Another inscription of this king recently edited is the (2) *Sāhitya Pariṣat grant.*—This copper-plate was found in the possession of a blacksmith of Susang, in Mymensing (Bengal).² As a portion of the copper-plate has been cut away and melted some words on both sides are missing. The inscription consists of 70 lines of writing, of which 34 are on the obverse and 36 on the reverse. It opens with the usual *Oṁ namo Nārāyaṇāya*. It does not differ materially from the former grant so far as its historical portion is concerned. The editors however read the name of the queen of Lakṣmaṇasena as Taṭṭanadevī or Tyaṣṭanadevī. In the donatory portion of the inscription two names—Sadāsena and Puruṣottamasena—are given. Their relationship to the donor is not specified; but as they are called *Kumāra*, Paṇḍit H. P. Śāstrī suggests that they were "most probably" his sons. The grant records the gift of some land to the Brahman Halāyudha Śarman in the Rāmasiddhi-pāṭaka in Vaṅga, in *Pauṇḍravardhana-Bhukti*; some land appears to have been given also in Vikramapura-bhāga (line 17 reverse side). The grant contains two dates, *viz.*, 13th and the 14th regnal years of Viśvarūpasena. It was sealed by the *Sadāśiva-mudrā*. The name of the *Dūtaka* is lost.³