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views from time to time (vide p. 248 of Annals of B. O. R. I. vol. 17) and at one time he held that Nizam mentioned as praised by maar (according to late anthologies) is a king of the Nizamshahi dynasty and now he thinks (ibid p. 254) that he is Nizamkhan of the Lodi dynasty. Further verses ascri- bed to भानुकर praise Sher Shah (1540-1545 A. D.). So if भानुकर and भानुदत्त are identical भानुदत्त flourished about 1540 A. D. This is an almost impossible date. If a com. on रसमव्जरी was copied in 1552-53 and भानुदत्त flourished about 1540, then the रसमब्जरी, its commentary and a copy of the latter would have only a period of ten or 15 years. It appears that मानुदस was married to a sister of मिसरुमिश्र, author of विवादचन्द्र (vide Patna University Journal vol. III. No. 1 and 2, a paper by Pandit Ramanatha Jha). In my H. of Dh. vol. I. p. 399 1 have shown that मिसरुमिश्र must be assigned to the middle of the 15th century. Therefore भानुदत्त also must be deemed to belong to a period not later than that date by more than a few years. The रसमन्जरी (Benares ed. p. 232, verse 121) is 'मेदो वाचि दृशोजलं कुचतटे स्वेद: प्रकम्पोधरे पाएडुगएडतटी वपुः पुलकितं लीनं मनस्तिष्ठति। आलस्यं नयनश्रियश्चरणयोः स्तम्भ: समुज्जम्भते तत्कि राजपथे निजाम- भरणीपालोयमालोकित: ॥'. There is here a reference to a Moslem ruler निजाम. The व्यक्ार्थकौमुदी explains that he was king of देवगिरि. If one looks at Duff's Chronology of India, there are atleast a dozen rulers between 1400 to 1550 A. D. who were called निजाम and who ruled in the Deccan or Central India and other places. Therefore, it is difficult to say what Moslem king is referred to by the रसमब्जरी. Dr. Har Dutta Sarma (in I. H. Q. vol. X pp. 478 ff) relies on this that some anthologies mention agET and quote some verses as his in which निजाम, वीरभानु and कृष्ण are mentioned. At present no great writer named भानुकर is known. Therefore Dr. Sarma and others identify भानुदस and भानुकर. But I cannot admit that this is legitimate. We do not know all poets that flouri- shed through the centuries. Besides, may be shortend into भान, just as भीमसेन is mentioned as भीम. There is so far as I know no instance of men like हरदत्त, रुद्रदत्त, रुचिदत्त being referred to anywhere as हरकर, रद्रकर or रचिकर. Therefore, it is doubtful whether भानुदत्त and भानुकर are identical. In the रसपारिजात1 edited 1. The रसपारिजात is a work of भानुदत, wherein are collect- ed about a thousand verses of भानुदत himself and his father