LATE RADHAKRISHNA CHOUDHARY

 

 

 

MINOR DYNASTIES OF BIHAR AND BENGAL

C. 985-1206 A D

 

   ABBREVIATIONS USED

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

II. MINOR DYNASTIES OF BENGAL

1. The Later Palas from Mahipal I onwards

2. The Senas

3. The Chandras

4. The Varmanas

5. The Deva Dynasty

6. The Kingdom of Pattikera

III. MINOR DYNASTY OF BIHAR

1. The Karnatas of Mithila

2. The Kingdom of Pithi

3. The Dynasty of Khayaravalas

4. The Minor Gupta Dynasty

5. The Cheros – the dynasty of Masanikesa

6. The Ranakas of Eastern India

7. The Mana Dynasty

8.  Rulers ending with the title ‘Aditya’ (based on new inscriptions)

IV. THE ADMINISTRATIVE PATTERN

V. EARLY TURKISH INVASION OF BIHAR AND THE DECLINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIKRAMASILA

 

 

 

 

 

MINOR DYNASTIES OF BIHAR AND BENGAL, C. A D 985-1206

 

ABBREVIATIONS USED

 

1. ABORI – Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona.

2. AGI – Ancient Geography of India by Sir Alexander Cunningham.

3. Ait.Ar. – Aiteraya Aranyaka.

4. AJV – Sir Ashutosh Mukherji Silver Jubilee Volume (3 Vols.). Vol. III – Orientalia-Cal. University.

5. ASIAR – Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India.

6. BG – Bombay Gazetteer.

7. Bhandarkar – List: A List of Inscriptions of Northern India.

                             (Appendix to Epigraphica Indica, Vols. XIX-XXIII)

8. BI – Banglar Itihasa (in Bengali): R D Banerji.

9. Bibl.Ind. – Bibliotheca Indica: Published by the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcatta (also BI).

10. BSOAS – Bulletin of the School of the Oriental and African Studies, London.

11. BTA – Bihar Through the Ages (ed. By R R Diwakar).

12. Buston – History of Buddhism by Buston (Tr. By E Obermiller), Heidelberg, 1932.

13. Cat. – Catalogue.

14. CHI – Cambridge History of India.

15. CHB – Comprehensive History of Bihar, published by the K P Jaiswal Institute, Patna.

16. CHB – History of Bihar by R K Choudhary.

17. CII – Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum.

18. CP – Copperplate.

19. CIB – Select Inscriptions of Bihar by R K Choudhary.

20. DKM – Decline of the Kingdom of Magadh by B P Sinha.

21. DHNI – Dynastic History of Northern India by H C Ray.

22. Dharmaswamin – History of Dharmaswamin (Deciphered & Translated by Dr G Roerich, Patna, 1959).

23. DUS – Dacca University Studies.

24. EC – Epigraphia Carnatica.

25. EHB – Early History of Bengal by F J Monahan.

26. EHBP – The Early History of Bengal, P L Paul, Calcutta, 1939.

27. EHI – Early History of India by V A Smith.

28. EI – Epigraphia India.

29. G D College Bulletin Series, No. I.

30. GL – Gaudalekhamala (in Bengali) by Aksaya Kumar Maitreya.

31. GOS – Gaekwad Oriental Series.

32. GR – Gaudarajamala (in Bengali) by R P Chanda.

33. HB – History of Bengal published by Dacca University.

34. HAB – History of Ancient Bengal by R C Majumdar (also abbreviated as RCM).

35. HAIB – Historical Aspects of the Inscriptions of Bengal by B I Sen.

36. HCIP – The History and Culture of the Indian People, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Bombay.

37. IA – Indian Antiquary.

38. IF – Indian Feudalism by R S Sharma.

39. IB – Inscriptions of Bengal.

40. IC – Indian Culture.

41. IHQ – Indian Historical Quarterly.

42. JA – Journale Asiatique.

43. JAIH – Journal of Ancient Indian History, Calcutta.

44. JAHRS – Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society, Rajahmundry.

45. JAOS – Journal of the American Oriental Society, New Haven.

46. JAS – Journal of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.

47. JASB – Journal of the (Royal) Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta.

48. JBORS – Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society, Patna.

49. JBRS – Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Patna.

50. JBBRAS – Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay.

51. JBTS – Journal of the Buddhist Text Society, London.

52. JGIS – Journal of the Greater India Society, Calcutta.

53. JIH – Journal of Indian History, Madras and Travancore.

54. JISOA – Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta.

55. JL – Journal of the Department of Letters, Calcutta University.

56. JOR – Journal of Oriental Research, Madras.

57. JRAS – Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London.

58. JRASBL – Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Letters, Calcutta.

59. Levi – Nepal, Le Nepal by Sylvain Levi.

60. MASB – Memoirs of the (Royal) Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta.

61. MSS – Manuscript.

62. Mitra – Nepal: Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal by Rajendra Lal Mitra, Calcutta.

63. Mitra – Notices: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts by Rajendra Lal Mitra.

64. Morrison – Political Centres and Cultural Regions in Early Bengal by Barrie M Morrison, Bombay.

65. NIA – New Indian Antiquary.

66. Pag Sam Jon Zang by Sumpa (ed. By Sarat Chandra Das, Calcutta, 1908).

67. PP – Purusapariksa by Vidyapati.

68. PB – Palas of Bengal by R D Banerji.

69. PIHC – Proceedings of Indian History Congress.

70. PASB – Proceedings of the (Royal) Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta.

71. PTOC – Proceedings and Transactions of the All India Oriental Congress.

72. QJMS – Quarterly Journal of the Mythical Society.

73. RR – Rajniti Ratnakar by Chandeswara.

74. RC – Ram Charita by Sandhyakar Nandi.

75. SERMPEI – Some Epigraphical Records of the Medieval Period from Eastern India by D C Sirkar, New         Delhi, 1979.

76. SMK – Mithila Under the Karnatas by C P N Sinha.

77. ST – History of Tirhut by S N Singh.

78. TM – History of Mithila by Upendra Thakur.

79. TN – Tabaqat-i-Nasri by Minhaj.

80. VJI – Vanga Jatir Itihasa by N N Basu.

81. VR – Varnaratnakara by Jyotiriswara Thakur.

 

 

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