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reference to Govindapala. This will be quite evident if we 
arrange below the dated portions of his inscriptions, and the 
colophons of manuscripts referring to his reign.' 
(i) Srimad-Govindapaladevanam gata-rajye Caturddasa-sam- 
vatsare. 
(ii) Sramad } devasy =alita samvat 18. 
(iii) Srimad-Govindapala-devanam vinasta-rajye Asta-trim- 
sat-samvatasre. 
fy * J mene a 
“No reasonable doubts can be entertained that all these 
phrases are but different expressions for denoting the same 
thing. Now the phrase used in No. i, is almost identical with 
expresion gata-rajye or atita samvat was used with reference to 
him! et us examine the point a little more closely. As 
the above extract will show, Mr. Banerji holds :— 
(i) That Govindapala ruled over Gaya sometime between 
1162 and 1175 A.D. 
(ii) That the Bodh-Gaya inscriptions show that in the 
5ist year of the LakSmanasena era, Bodh-Gaya and its 
adjacent parts were in the possession of the Sena kings and 
that these territories continued in the possession of the Sena 
kings till the 74th year of that era. 
As the years 51 and 74 of the Laksmanasena era would 
give us respectively the years 1160 and 1183 A.D., it seems to 
be somewhat difficult to reconcile the above two points. 
Then there is another important question. If, as Mr. 
Banerji holds, Laksmanasena died before the year 51 of his 
era, his sons must have been on the throne between this date 
and the final conquest of the territory round Gaya by the 
Musulmans. How is it, then, that not only in the two Bodh- 
Gaya inscriptions of the years 51 and 74 A.D, but also ina 
Quoted in Mr. Banerji’s article, op. cit , pp. 278-9. es 
J.B.O.R.S., 1918, p. 273. 
