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SEPTEMBER, 1909.]
THE PALA DYNASTY OF BENGAL.
The Pala Dynasty (T. Taranath).
III. Dêvapala, son of II. (Rajyapala yuvar dja apparently did not reign).
I.-Gôpâla I
II. Dharmapâla, son of 1 840 V. E.
(contemp. of Indrâyudha and Chakrâyudha, k. of Kananj, of Dhruva Rashtrakuta, and Khrisrong-de-san of Tibet; Tribhuvanapala yuvaraja did not reign).
IV. Vigraha pâla I, alias Surapala I, grandson of brother of II.I
V.-Narayanapâla, son of IV...
VI.-Rajyapala, son of V
VII.-Gôpâla II, son of VI
X.-Nayapala, son of IX
Known Dates.
Indian.
VIII. Vigrahapâla II, son of VII.
IX.-Mahipala I, son of VIII. 1083 V. E.
'XI.-Vigrahapala III, son of X.
A. D. approximate.
783
1018
(mission of Dharmapala) 1026
1042
(mission of Atiśâ)."
Approximate aco. A. D.
735
780
844
892
906
924
944
964
980
1032
1057
245
45 y. (T.); no inscription, I think, see below, No. VII.
32 y. (inscription); 64 y. (T).
33 y. (inser.); 48 y. (T.).
Sûrapâla; inscr. No. 6 gives him 13 y.; the inser. No. XIII probably belongs to this k., not to Vigrahapâla, II, inscr. 12 y., if the record belongs to this k. See below No. VIII and XI.
7 y. (inscr.)
?7 y. (inscr.); doubtful to which k. the inscr. refers see above No. I.
See Nos. IV and XI.
48 y. (inscr.); 52 (T.) all the inscr. prob. belong to this k.. see below, No. XII.
15 y. (inscr.); 35 y. (T.)
12 or 18 y. (inscr.); see Nos. IV and VIII.
1 Cunningham prefers to regard Barapala I. as a son of Devapala, and distinct from Vigrahapala I.
* Sarat Chandra Das, J. A. S. B., Vol. L, Part I, pp. 286, 287.
