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Maukharis called the Varmma dynasty including Purna- 

 varmma mentioned by Hiuen Tsiang, who restored the Bodhi- 

 tree after its destruction by Sasanka. 1 Anga was governed 

 by Adityasena and his three successors Deva Gupta, Visnu 

 Gupta and Jlvita Gupta II, who asserted claims to para- 

 mount sovereignty till the first quarter of the 8th century. 



Since then we do not hear anything about the Gupta 

 princes of Magadha : they gradually disappeared into ob- 

 scurity. But it should be noted that before its conquest by 

 Gopala, the founder of the Pala dynasty, towards the exul 

 of the 8th century, Anga was conquered by Jayadeva II 

 of Nepal, the successor of ^'ivadeva II of the Lichchhavi 

 dynasty, and Bengal was also invaded by him/ 2 On account 

 of the frequent inroads of foreign princes and internal dissen- 

 sions, Bengal in the 8th century became a scene of confusion 

 and anarchy, and before the close of that century Gopala, a 

 native of Varendra,. was elected king. He gradually ex- 

 tended his conquest over Magadha and established his capital 

 at Uddandapura, the modern town of Bihar, Pataliputra being 

 then in ruins. But it appears that the capital of the Pala 

 kingdom was shifted, from time to time, to different places 

 according to the whims and caprices of the monarchs. It is 

 very probable, as may be inferred from a copperplate inscrip- 

 tion found at Monghir, that this town was the capital of Deva 

 Pala Deva, the grandson of Gopala, i4 whither so many mighty 

 chiefs of Jambudvlpa resort to pay their respects that the 

 earth sinks beneath the weight of the feet of their atten- 

 dants.' ' 3 There can not, however, be the least doubt that 

 Anga formed a part of the dominion of the kings of the Pala 

 dynasty, 4 and there is abundant evidence to show that it was 

 governed by a prince belonging to the royal house or some re- 

 lation of the reigning monarch. Rama P da appointed Mahana, 

 the maternal grandfather of KumaradevI, wife of king 

 Govindachandra of Kanouj, as governor of Anga at the latter 

 end of the 11th century or beginning of the 12th century. 5 In 

 a Jaina work called Campaka&'esthT-kathd we find the name 

 of Samanta Pala as king of Campa, whose minister was 

 Brddhadatta 6 We do not find the name of Samanta Pala 

 in the list of the Pala kings : he must have been a prince 



1 Beal: Records, Bk. viii, p. 118 ; Arch. S. Rep., xv. p. 166. 



2 Ind. Ant., ix : ^ ^^fo^T xjixflfft fWMJTflW '* (stone inscription 



of Jayadeva II). 



Monghir copperplate inscription of Deva Pala Deva : Ind. Ant. , 

 vol. xxi, p. 25-k. 



* Narayana Palas copperplate inscription of Bhagalpur : Iwi. Ant., 

 vol. xv, p. 305. 



5 J. A. S.B., li>08. 



6 Cata. of SmisJc. Manuscripts, 1892, bv M. M. Haraprasad Sa-tri, 



M.A., CLE. 



