cover image: Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal  Part I  History  Literature &c.  1878

Premium

20.500.12592/71khqr

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I History Literature &c. 1878

1878

3 In the Pinshi Th(hid situated to the north-west of Rangpur and nine or ten miles to the south-east of the sub-divisional head quarters of Botiokard is the city of Dharma Psil. [...] The Hach of the poem and of the popular legends of the present day was a Vaishnava ; and as Mayan{ was also of the same sect (in which the members are practically all of one caste) it is not impossible that she should have had such a man for her Guru. [...] Buchanan suggests that he may have represented the remains of a family which survived the wreck of the dynasty to save a portion of the kingdom which remained unconquered by the successors of Adi Sara in Itangpur ; and the fact is not rendered less improbable when we consider the history of the Hticli Siddha. [...] Between the king and the chief according to local tradition a war arose which ended in the defeat and disappearance of the former and triumph of the latter in a great battle fought on the banks of the river Hangrigosha. [...] The result was a rising of the peasants and according to their account the mysterious death of the king shortly afterwards from the effects of Rangpur fever.
history
Pages
125
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
The Song-of Manik Chandra—by G.A. Grierson C.S.
135-238 The Natural History Secretary view
The Lokaniti Translated from Burmacesc Peraphrasse-by Lieut. R.C. Temple B.S.C. Offg. Wing Officer 1st Goorkhas
239-ii The Natural History Secretary view

Related Topics

All