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The Riddle of the Pradyota Dynasty

By Jyotirmoy Sen

Vol. 6 · No. 4December - 1930pp. 678–700English
Ancient Indian ChronologyPuranic Historical Analysis

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  • “In 1021 Mr, H, D. Bhide contributed an article to the J.B.O.R.S. on the 'Pradyota Dynasty of the Purdgas, 10 which he challenged the generally accepted identification of this dynasty with the Ujjain dynasty of Candapradyota Mahasena”
  • “The object of the present paper 15 not to give any kind of evidence precedence over the rest and thus force con- clusions, but to discover the realities of Pradiyofa history after 8 proper valuation of all sources,”
  • “Mr. H. K, Deb? takes his stand ૦11 the testimony of the Matsya Puriina and ingeniously suggests that the real meaning in the Mt, account suppoits the theory that Pradyota became king of Avants, not of Magadha, after the extinction of the Barhadrathas,”

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  1. Se_fi_“—__—u%flnart’s Origines Bouddhigurs, published by Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1907
  2. JBORS, Sept., 1915, 9. 76, ૦. 44
  3. Canth, Hist. of Ind,, ૯.2, takes this ground, 2. 311
  4. Jacobi’s statement (22.0, vol, 34, p. 188)
  5. Political Hist, of Anc. India, pp, 51-2

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  • H, D. Bhide
  • Dr, नि, C. Ray Chaudhuri
  • H. K, Deb
  • Dr. ૭. Pradhan
  • Jyotirmoy Sen

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Vol. 6 · No. 4
1–24Hatthavanagalla Vihara‑Vamsa598–614Manimekhalā, a Divinity of the SeaSylvain Levi614–628On some points relating to the Maurya Administrative SystemSuniti Kumar Chatterji629–638Yuddhakāṅḍa Campu of Rājacūḍāmaṇi DīkṣitaT. R. Chintamani639–644Some Difficult Vedic WordsVishwanath Kashinath Rajwade645–664Naval Warfare in Ancient IndiaPrithwis Chandra Chakravarti665–678Origin of BuddhismManoranjan Roy678–700The Riddle of the Pradyota DynastyJyotirmoy SenCurrent article701–717Vidyaranya and MadhavacaryaR. Rama Rao717–727The "Webbed Fingers" of BuddhaJitendra Nath Banerjee727–736The Two BhaskarasBibhutibhusan Datta737–746Cultivation in Ancient IndiaR. Ganguli747–756The Chronology of the Western Kṣatrapas and the AndhrasHari Charan Ghosh757–772Buddhist Studies with Special Reference to TibetanVidhushekhara Bhattacharya773–775Archaeological Progress in KeralaC. S. Srinivasachari775–778Imprecatory Verses in Copper‑Plate GrantsChintaharan Chakravarti779–779A Note on Kicakavadha (reply)Chintaharan Chakravarti780–781The Sixth All‑India Oriental Conference782–794ReviewsHariprasad G. Shastri, Niharranjan Roy, Kshitish Chandra Chatterjee795–800Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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