Identifier: archaeologicalsu01nage (find matches)
Title: The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Nagendra-Natha Vasu
Subjects: Cults Buddha and Buddhism
Publisher: (Calcutta Printed by U.N. Bhattacharyya at the Hare Press)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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by the Dhana Dighi, andby the Bada Dighi in the north. This place ispointed to by some as Ca9isenas Patha9alaand by others as her gada. To the south ofthese ruins was a beautiful Vapi the edges ofwhich were built up in stone. The story of CaQisena is almost universallyknown in this part of the country. She «^as thedaughter of King Vikramajit, alias Pratapaditya.A time was when her story was both told andlistened to with great interest not in this partalone but throughout the length and breadthof West Bengal. The sweet and melodious song-sung in her memory by the Vaidya poet Fakira-rama is now about 3 centuries old. It may notbe out of place to tell the reader her story hereas related by the poet:— She was the only daughter of King Vikrama-jit, who had one hundred wives, and was likethe pupil of the eye not only of her father andmother but also of her step-mothers. There wasa Patha9ala hard by the royal palace, and here Est D02 iJ«1o I—( co 1-3O Ko M i-sZ<3 tc pa^
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bO MUGHALMARI. 113 boys and girls were alike taught to read andwrite. The princess was a regular student ofthis school as was the Kotwals-- son, Knmara.The seat of the Princess was upon a dais as be-fitted her high rank, whilst the seat of Knmaraas of others was below her when they receivedlessons from the teacher. As luck wonld haveit, one day the pencil dropped from her hand andat her request the Kotwals son picked it npfor her. The next day also the very same thingtranspired and ungrudgingly Knmara deliveredthe pencil to her. This happened also thefollowing morning and this time the Kotwalsson showed some reluctance to do her bidding.The princess requested him more than onceand at length Kumara gave her to understandthat he would pick up and hand over the pencilif she would thrice promise to give her hand tohim. Taking it for a plain and simple joke, theprincess agreed to this condition and pledgedherself thrice to accept his terms. But whenKumara afterwards explained the situation

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