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(6) Dhruva charitra composed in 1755 A.D. (c) Rāma-kalādhara or story of Rāma. (d) Rāma-chiaritra Ratnākara or metrical trauslation of
Valmiki Rāmāyaṇa composed in 1742 A.D. for Rājā Kumāra-Pratāpasimha, son of Mahārājā
Badanasińha of Bharatapur. (e) Rasa.pigūsha-nidbi, a book on prosody and rhetoric,
written in 1737 A.D. for Pratāpasimha. (1) Sajāna-vilāsa or metrical version of the stories of
Simbāsana-battisi for the diversion of Māhārājā Sujāna-Simha of Bharatapur at the instance of Būrajamalla alias Sujāna Simha in the year 1750
A. D. In some of those books e.g., (d), (e) and (f) he has, given his genoalogy relating that he was a descendant of one Narottama, a Māthura Brālıman and Mantra gurū of Rājā Rāma Simba of Jayapur. His grandson was Nilakantha Misra, a great astrologer. His son was Soma-nātha. Mss. (1) and (e) have been noticed in previous reports. (Vido no. 829 "of 1900 and 298 of 1909-11.) In the report of 1904 (no. 47) another work of his named Mādhava-vinoda Nāțaka in entered. It was composed in 1752 A.D. for tho Rājakumara Bahādura Simha, another son of Mahārājā Badana Simba.
No.180. ŚRI KRISHNA Misra, son of Lokanaņi, wrote Timira-pradipaka in 1798 Samvat= 1741 A.D. Two copios wore found in tho possession of the same owner...
No. 181. SŪDANA composed a book nained Sujānacharitra or an account of the eight battles fought by Rājā Sūrajamalla of Bharatapur who raised tho Jäţa power to its zenith. It was ho who founded the present capital after capturing the old fort of Bharatapur from a' rival chief. In 1753. he sackod Delhi and in the following year repelled the
