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The Pāla Empire (r. 750–1161 CE) [1] [2] was an imperial power during the post-classical period in the Indian subcontinent, [15] which originated in the region of Bengal.It is named after its ruling dynasty, whose rulers bore names ending with the suffix Pāla ("protector" in Sanskrit).
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 ...
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
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 Pala dynasty of Kamarupa kingdom ruled from 900 CE. Like the Pala Empire of Bengal , the first ruler in this dynasty was elected, which probably explains the name of this dynasty "Pala". The Hindu orthodoxy drew their lineage from the earlier Varman dynasty and thus ultimately from Narakasura i.e. Bhauma dynasty .
Pala-Chola Conflict (1019): While Mahipala was engaged in defending the northwest, Rajendra Chola I invaded Bengal. The Chola forces advanced through Kalinga and entered Bengal, only to face resistance from the Chandra dynasty’s navy at the river Meghna. Upon hearing of this invasion, Mahipala returned swiftly to Bengal.
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]
In 1809, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton spoke of the ruins of Dharma Pala's city near Dimla in Rangpur district of Bangladesh, about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Teesta River and regarded the King as belonging to Pala Dynasty of Kamarupa. There is a belief that Dharmapala did build a city in the western fringe of his domain.