Indian Antiquary Vol 28

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 72

58
THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1999..
Bhogisvala when he came to the throne divided the kingdom with his brother Bhavasimha. Kirtti-simha died childless, and so did his brother, and the half of the kingdom which they inherited from Bhôgisvara went over to Bhava-simha's family, the representative of which then was Siva-simba, who was & youth of fifteen years of age, and was then reigning as yuva-rája during the lifetime of bis father Dêva-siniha, and who from that time governed the whole of Tirhut.
Déva-siṁha left the family residence of Oini, and founded the town of Deva-kull. When his father died, Siva-sitnha successfully performed his last obsequies on the banks of the Ganges, and then, after fighting the Musalmans, became independent king of Tirhut. This was Sakê 1324, L. S. 298. He founded the city of Biva-sith ha-pura, which was also known as Gaja-ratha -pura. When he had been three years and nine months on the throne after his father's death, he was conquered by the Musalmans and carried to Delhi. His wife, Lakhime, with Vidyâpati, took refage in Banauli, which is close to Janaka-pura in Nepal. When no news on Siva-simha had been received from Delhi for twelve years, Lakhimå became sati, and Padmasimha, Siva-simha's younger brother, came to the throne, but only reigned for a year. He was succeeded by his widow, VibvABB-devi, who reigned for twelve years, and in whose honouVidy&pati wrote the Saiva-sarvasva-sára. She was succeeded by:
(1) Dhira-siṁha Hridaya-núrkyaņa (2) Bhairavc-simha Hari-narayana (3) Rima-bhadra Rupa-nirayana
(4) Lakshmi-natha Kamsa-nârâyaņa, with whom the dynasty ended. . These last four names are taken from the genealogical records kept by the Mithila Pañjyárs, and Vidyapati is not responsible for them.
The Kirtti-lata was written in honour of the Kirtti-simha mentioned above. The probe portion appears to have been written in Sanskrit, but the verses, partly in a very old form of the language which is now the modern Maitbils, and partly in Sanskrit.
DELAILED REPORT OF AN ARCHÆOLOGICAL TOUR WITH THE
BUNER FIELD FORCE. BY M. A, STEIN, Px. D.
(Continued from p. 46.) Mahāvana Vihāra. - The task thus set to us might be looked upon as partially solved or at least greatly facilitated, if the suggestion thrown out by General Cunningham of Mount Mabăban having taken its name from the Mahavana monastery of Hiuen Tsiang could be accepted as probable.23 This, however, is not the case. However tempting the similarity of the two names is upon which General Cunningham's conjecture was solely based, yet it is easy to show that this location meets with fatal objections both in the bearing and the distance indicated for the site in Hiuen Tsiang's narrative. The latter speaks of the Makavana Sangharima as situated 200 li to the south of Mung-kie-li. In reality Mount Mahāban lies to the south-east of Manglaur, as can easily be ascertained from the relative position shown on the accessible maps for the trigonometrically fixed peaks of Dosirri and Mahāban. In the same way it can be shown that the measurement of 200 li does by no means agree with the actual distance by road between the two places.
Hiuen Tsiang's road measurements. - In judging of this point it must be remembered that the distances between two places as recorded by the Chinese pilgrims can bave Been
* Seo Archeological Survey Reports, II, p. 08; Ancient Geography, p. 92. 34 See Mop "District of Peshawar," published by the Survey of India Office, 1884,4 miles to 1 inch.