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IN THE BENGAL PROVINCES, 1872-73.
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10. The next is the one known as Dol Govinda's temple; the inscription mentions Sri Gopala Sinha, and another name now illegible; the date is given as Mallabda 1032, corresponding to Sake 1644.

11. Next in order is Máyá Burhiya's temple, near the Ras Mancha, built in Mallabda Muni Veda Khenduganete in Mágha by Sri Radharuja Nayarendra; the date is also given in figures, as 1040 Malla era corresponding to 1652 Sake.

12. Contemporaneous with this is the broken Jor Bangla, built by Gopala Sinha, the son of Chaitanya Chandra, dated Mallabda 1040, corresponding to Sake 1652.

13. Next is the Hijra Párá temple, dated in San 946 and Sake 1661. The San is probably the Bengali San or some local era; the difference is 715 years.

14. The next is Radha Syam's temple. The inscription mentions the famous Chaitanya and a Radha Syama Nripendra; it is dated in 1680 Sake.

15. The next is the one known as Radha Madhava's temple, built by the son of Mahima Sinha, Krishna Sinha's wife, Churamani, in San 1043 Sál, which, adopting the difference (715 years) found from the doubly-dated temple of Hijra Párá noticed above, will correspond to Sake 1758.

16. The next is a nameless dilapidated temple, dated in Sake 1793 and San 1238, the latter evidently an error, if the era be the same as that of the Hijra Párá temple.

The Nanda Lál temple is inscribed, but not dated.

From these temples, and the inscriptions at Pachet and at Chátná, we have the following:—

1476.—Hámira or Konaha Utara Rájá, reigning king, from Chátná inscription.
1540–1561.—Vira Sinha reigning, but in 1561 Vira Hambira and Raghunâtha mentioned as princes.
1572–1574.—Vira Sinha not mentioned, probably dead; Vira Hambira reigning; Raghunâtha mentioned.
1576–1583.—Vira Hambira not mentioned; Raghunâtha probably reigning, Vira Sinha II mentioned.
1583.—Raghunâtha not mentioned, therefore probably died that year; Vira Sinha reigning.
1583–1657.—Long reign of Vira Sinha II, as the Pachet inscription dated 1657 mentions him.

The subsequent names appear to have no order or regularity: probably after the long reign of Vira Sinha, his kingdom got split up among the grown-up members of his family.