[Yavanas are mentioned in Rajdharma Anasasanika
Parva as part of the tribes peopling it.] (2) In the Ayun a list of the
Hindu kings of Bengal is given. Though the date of the first king who
reigned over Banga cannot be ascertained, owing to the great gaps
between the various dynasties; it is yet known that Bengal ceased to be
an independent Hindu kingdom from 1203 after Christ. Now if,
disregarding these gaps, which are wide and many, we make up the sum of
only those chronological periods of the reign of the several dynasties
that are preserved by history, we find the following:--
24 Kshatriya families of kings reigned for a period of 2,418 years
9 Kaista kings " " " " 250 "
11 Of the Adisur families " " " 714 "
10 Of the Bhopal family " " " 689 "
10 Of the Pala dynasty (from 855 to 1040 A.D.) " " 185 "
10 The Vaidya Rajahs reigned for a period of " " 137 "
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