MADHUSUDAN, PANDIT (d. 1863), eminent Sanskrit scholar, astronomer and astrologer, was son of Pandit Brij Raj, rajpurohit, or royal priest, of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Maharaja Ranjit Singh appointed him the dispenser of royal charities in the Dharamarth department. Pandit Madhusudan also officiated at the bi-monthly tuladans of the Maharaja which