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The Pala dynasty has also been branded as Shudra in some sources such as Manjushri-Mulakalpa. [28] A medieval writer Abul Fazl going by this tradition described these kings as Kayasthas . [ 23 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] According to K. N. Sahay, "we can claim Palas also as Kayasthas". [ 30 ]
Gopala (Bengali: গোপাল) (ruled c. 750s –770s CE) [2] was the founder of the Pala dynasty, which was based in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The last morpheme of his name Pala means "protector" and was used as an ending for the names of all the Pala monarchs. Pala does not suggest or indicate any ethnic or caste ...
Dharmapala [a] was the second Pala emperor of Bengal in the Indian subcontinent.He was the son and successor of Gopala, the founder of the Pala dynasty.Dharmapala was mentioned as the King of Vangala (Vangapati) in the Nesari plates (dated 805 AD) of Rashtrakuta dynasty. [5]
The dynasty is unrelated to the previous Varman and Mlecchna dynasties. [2] The Palas were the last dynasty to rule Kamarupa. After the collapse of the Pala rule, Kamarupa disintegrated, to be followed in due course by the Ahom, [3] Chutia, [4] Kamata, [5] and Kachari [6] kingdoms, and the confederate rule of the Baro-Bhuyans. [7]
Most of the Pala inscriptions mention only the regnal year as the date of issue, without any well-known calendar era. Because of this, the chronology of the Pala kings is hard to determine. [1] Based on their different interpretations of the various epigraphs and historical records, different historians estimate the Pala chronology as follows: [2]
The Pala Empire was founded by Gopala I. [201] [202] [203] It was ruled by a Buddhist dynasty from Bengal. The Palas reunified Bengal after the fall of Shashanka's Gauda Kingdom. [204] The Palas were followers of the Mahayana and Tantric schools of Buddhism, [205] they also patronised Shaivism and Vaishnavism. [206]
Brahma Pala (reigned 900-920) was the founder of the Pala Dynasty (900–1100) of the Kamarupa kingdom. [1] He married Kula Devi, by whom he had a successor to his throne named Ratna Pala . See also
Rajyapala or Kamboja-Vamsa-Tilaka was the founder of the Kamboja Pala dynasty of Bengal.This dynasty had ruled over northern and western Bengal. Four rulers of this dynasty are known who ruled, either over north-west Bengal or parts thereof, from second half of tenth century to the first quarter of the 11th century.