4 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [(N.S., XVII, 
Now, as Madanapala’s inscriptions are found in Varendra, 
and Vijayasena is said to have conquered the province, Madana- 
in a Sanskrit manuscript dated in 1120 A.D. proves that this 
Supremacy was over by that date. It is thus almost certain 
that Vijayasena must have defeated him in the first quarter of 
the 12th century A.D. and Ma anapala too must have been 
defeated not long afterwards, 
Now, the sum total of the known reign-periods of the 
* successors of Mahipala I is 93 years. To this must be added 
the unknown factors a,b,c, and d representing respectively the 
reign-periods of Mahipalal II, Sirapala II, and Gopala IIT, 
* 
and the excess of the actual reign-periods of the rest over 
Y 
as it is, the unknown factors a,b,e,d, become almost impos- 
Now, the known reign-periods of the Pala kings up to 
Mahipala I are shown in the following table :— 
Gopala : es 
Dharmapala 5% .. 32 years 
Ill. Devapala a mee ee See 
IV. Vigrahapala a a Se 
V. Narayanapala .. ee 
VI. Rajyapala - beret 
VIII. Vigrahapala II 
IX. Mahipala 48 
The sum total of the reign-periods given above is 194 years. 
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predecessor. As the latter, Rajyapala, is known to have reigned 
for at least 24 
years, we must assign a period of at least 30 
! This should be increased by at least 13 years, for as the footnote 2 
p. 5 shows, Vigrahapala III whose reign-period has been assumed to be 
13 years, probably ruled for at least 26 years, 
