The Nobility of Bengal in Old Bengali Literature

In this article I have confined myself to finding out the various references in old Bengali literature to the Hindu and Moslem Rajas and Chiefs of the period between the 14th and the 18th centuries. [...] It is no use annoying him for nothing." Thus consoling the Sultan the Chhatri sent a Brahmin to Chaitanya Dev confdentially to inform him about the state of affairs in the Capital and the attitude of the Sultan. [...] You are the Lord of Nava-- dwipa and so you have in you the same essence of. the God' Vishnu (who is the fountain-head of all the rulers of the Earth). [...] As you utter the name of Krisna you are now purged of the sin committed not only in this life but also in a crore of previous lives." At the bidding of the Lord all of them uttered the name of Krisna in ecstasy. [...] The property was managed after the death of Balibhadra by one Prasad who was the `Guru' of the three children of Balivadra and lived in the same taluk.