ABSTRACT
The leading Kulín Káyath family of Dacca is the family of Bose, or as they prefer calling themselves, Bose-`Thákúrs, of Bosenagar in Bikrampúr. The founder of the house was Deví Dás Bose, Qanúngo of the Nawárah Maháll, whose Mu]harrir, or clerk, was K_rishna Jivana Majumdar, father of the celebrated Rájah Raj Bullabh. An old building at Bosenagar still bears an inscription put up by the builder, Deví Dás, with the date 1087 ah (1676).111
