The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c32.35

c32.35

‘We have read in the genealogical history of the Paśchātya Vaidika of Bengal, written on palm-leaves and about three hundred years old, that the royal Sena dynasty reigned in a place called Kāśīpurī and situated on the banks of the Suvarṇarekhā. Two sons were born to Vijayasena, one of the rulers of this place; the elder being named Malla and the younger Śyāmala. It was the latter that conquered eastern Bengal and made the city of Vikramapura his capital. According to the Paśchātya Kulamañjarī, Śyāmalavarma’s sway in Vikramapura commenced in Śaka 994, i. e. 1072 A. D. . . . There is no doubt that the ancient name of Kāśīpurī has now degenerated into Kāsiārī.