2 Journal of the Asiatic Sotiety of Bengal. (January, 1909. 
the Christian era. No ena being mentioned in the plates in 
which the names of these kings occur, except with regard to 
Mahi-pala, Dr. Rajendralila was obliged to adopt the average of 
periods and reigns of the kings of se countries in order to 
fix the dates of — kings of the Pala dynasty. The adoption 
of the average may do very well for the purpose of constructing 
history, but pecticalie facts do not tally with these conjectural 
dates t is stated that the Vikramasilé vihara was founded by 
Dharma-pala, and hence it must have been founded in the latter 
half of the ninth century. The Swayambhu Purana, however, 
mentions the name of Vikramasilé vihara. From the colophon of 
this work it appears that the book was written or copied in 
Samvat 919 corresponding to 862 A.D.! 
According to Dr. Rajendraldla therefore Dharma-paéla must 
have founded the monastery before he ascended the throne in 
875 A.D. If it was founded in the middle of the ninth ceutury, 
then it certainly could not have been feaphitintedl in a work writ- 
te about that period, as some time must be allowed to elapse 
before an institution can acquire a celebrity. 
ould cite another instance in pomnorhion with the Vikrama- 
sila eine where the fact also militates against the conclusion 
arrived at by the application of the orinciie of average. Dipan- 
kara Srijndua «alias Atisa, the Hierarch of Magadha and High 
Priest of the Vikramasilé vih4ra, was invited by the Thibetan 
King Lha Lama Ye-Shes-Od to reform the Buddhism of Thibet 
which had become debased by the admixture of Tantrik and Bon 
mysticism. He arrived at Thibet in 1038 A.D. Nag-tcho, who 
was sent by the king as an envoy to invite the priest, did not 
return to Thibet till more than three years after his arrival in 
India. He therefore came to India in 1034, while Naya-pala, the 
son of Mahi-pdla, was reigning in Magadha which included 
“Wa ee | cewek 2 WITT | He wai 
a ecaen aimaty <ifaaarsstasifvarare Te Oget 
SUT Fer Gers | we Garerquanq we way waseT 
yaad ee WH | fated asruq qaaefeerctafed sa_QTaae |” 
paid See Purdnam, published by the Asiatic Society of 
2 Dr. Waddell’s ae of nee ibet, pp. 35, 36 and n 
3 Indian Saget in the Land of Snow, pp. 57, 71, by Babe Saratchandra 
Das, C.I.E.; Waddell’s Beanies of Thibet 
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