Jaipur Palace, Rajputaria.
2nd December, 1918.
I regret very much that yours of the 2nd. October last, enclosing one from the Maharani of Ajodhya, regarding Bihari Lal's Satsai, remains unacknowledged. The delay was due on account of the difficulty the Librarian had in searching the original manuscript. Copies have been found, but the Librarian cannot say definitely if any one of the inanuscripts is in the author's own hand writing. Though Bihari Lal was a famous poet of the time, yet there were several other contemporary poets who had also won renown. It appears from an inspection of the manuscripts that in some of the copies they had inserted some of their own Dohas. The manuscripts in question can be shown to a Pandit deputed for the purpose. The duty of the landit will be to compare the texts and find out which of the manuscripts is original.
With kindest regards and all good wishes,
I remain,
Yours sincerely,
(Sd.) S. MADHO SINGH.
The Honorable Maharaja Sir Rameshwar Singh Bahadur,
G. C. I. E., K. E B. of Darbhanga
DARBHANGA.
श्रीयुत कर्नल विंध्येश्वरीप्रसादसिंह जी ने, श्रीमान् महाराज काशी-नरेश के प्राइवेट सेक्रेटरी श्री बाबू ललितमोहन जी सेन राय से, जो पत्र जयपुर की कौंसिल के मेंबर रायबहादुर श्री अविनाशचंद्र सेन को लिखवाया था, उसके उत्तर की प्रतिलिपि यह है—
Jaipur, Palace.
22nd. December, 1918.
I am duly in receipt of your kind letter of the 10th November, but as I was out of the station for a long time, I am sorry I could not reply to it earlier.
As regards the Satsaya of Behari, the Librarian reports that some manuscript copies of the book are in the Palace Library, but he cannot definitely say if any one of the manuscripts is in the author's own handwriting. Behari Lal was a famons poet of the time, and it appears from an inspection of the manuscripts that in some of the copies some contemporary poets had inserted serveral Dohas of their own. The manuscripts in question can be shown to the Pandit whom you may depute for the purpose. The duty of the Pandit will be to compare the texts and find out which of the manuscripts is the original one.
I may add in this connection that similar enquiries have been made by the Hon'ble the Maharaja of Darbhanga, and a reply to the above effect has been
