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The Candra Dynasty of Arakan

By Jogendra Chandra Ghosh

Vol. 7 · No. 1March - 1931pp. 37–40English

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  • “We know of several Candra dynasties of Bengal, from the accounts of Taraniatha, songs of Mayanimat! and the copper-plate grants of SriCandra deva, but nothing of the Candra dynasty of Arakan, except what can be made out [rom the few coins છાં Arakan described by Sir A. P. Phayre in पिंड *‘Numismata Orientalia’”
  • “He was like Karna in charity ; like Yudhigthira in speaking truth, He resembled XK2ma 10 beauty and in splendounr was like the 5130. He built many vihdiras and attached to them a laige extent of land, cows and buffaloes. He erected many Buddhist temples and set up in them beautiful images of copper, હાટ. He ૪૭૪૦ everyday linen cloths to the monks coming from diflerent parts of the country, He also granted land with servants to fifty 33141104105.”

Works cited in this article

  1. Taraniatha
  2. songs of Mayanimat!
  3. copper-plate grants of SriCandra deva
  4. Numismata Orientalia
  5. Annual Report for 1025-26 of the Archaeological Survey of (pp, 146-48)

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  • Anandacandra
  • Balacandra
  • Niticandra
  • Taraniatha
  • SriCandra deva
  • Sir A. P. Phayre
  • Forchhammer
  • Mr, Hirananda
  • Yajlacandra
  • Dharmasira
  • Sri-Dharmavijaya
  • Devacandra 10
  • Narendravijaya
  • Mahivira 3
  • Mr. Sastri 3

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Vol. 7 · No. 1
1–16On Foreign Element in the TantraP. C. Bagchi17–18Dhorail Inscription of the Reign of Mahmud Shah: Saka 1455Nirad Bandhu Sanyal19–27Cultivation in Ancient IndiaR. Ganguli28–33SilaparikathaAnathnath Basu34–36Inscriptions of Govindacandra Hari Candana in the Fort of LangalaveniLakshmi Narayan Harichandan Jagadeb37–40The Candra Dynasty of ArakanJogendra Chandra GhoshCurrent article41–54The Administration of the Delhi Empire in the Pre-Mughal PeriodJogindra Nath Chowdhuri55–56Persian Inscriptions in the Gwalior StateRam Singh Saksena57–77Dandin's Conception of the GunasPrakash Chandra Lahiri78–92Origin of Madhava-Vidyaranya TheoryR. Rama Rao93–116Early Visnuism and Narayaniya WorshipMrinal Das Gupta117–124The Chronology of the Ksatrapas and the AndhrasHari Charan Ghosh125–137The Lokayatikas and the KapalikasDakshina Ranjan Shastri138–149A Short Chronology of Indian AstronomySukumar Ranjan Das150–160Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India161–162YajnesvaraKrishna K. Handiqui163–169Date of the Mudra-RaksasaS. Srikanta Sastri169–173Characteristic Features of the Sataka Form of DramaChintaharan Chakravarti173–175On Manimekhala "the guardian deity of the sea” (a Cambodian document)Sylvain Levi176–186Notes on DravidianL. V. Ramaswami Aiyar187–190Bharatavakya and the BhagavadajjukamD. R. Mankad190–191A Further note on BharatavakyaChintaharan Chakravarti191–192A Note on Meherunnisa and JehangirDasharatha Sharma193–195Notes on Asoka RescriptsSailendra Nath Mitra196–207ReviewsH. C. Ray, Niharranjan Roy208–213Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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