A Study of the Administrative Posts during the Sena Period in the Kingdom of Makawanpur

Abstract

The rulers of the Sena dynasty claim to belong to the lunar race. They were settled in Bengal as a ruling dynasty. With the attack of Muhammad ibn Bakhtyar Khilji in AD 1202, the rule of King Lakshmanasena, the last ruler of Bengal of this dynasty, ended. The rulers of Sena dynasty, after their decline in Bengal in AD 1205, appeared in the land of Nepal and established the kingdom of Makawanpur during the thirteenth or fourteenth century. The kingdom of Makawanpur was subjugated by the then rising political power of Gorkhalis in AD 1762. In the Senas’ rule, the nature of administration was centralised, though there were judicial, district and local administrative units. Besides, the influence of Mughal administration is clearly seen in the administration during the Senas’ rule. It is said that the historical study of administrative posts during the Sena period is essential to understand the present-day administration of Nepal.