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connected with the reigning monarch sent to govern the 

 province, but we are not aware who that monarch was or 

 when he flourished. It is therefore evident that from the time 

 of Bimbisara to the time of the Pala kings, Anga was always 

 considered to be an important province to be administered 

 by a governor who was connected with the royal house of 

 Magadha, and therefore it seems that he was called a " King" 

 by courtesy. 



In the latter part of the 8th century and at the beginning 

 of the 9th century, Anga, Banga, Kalinga and Magadha were 

 invaded by the most powerful of the Rastrakuta monarchs, 

 Govinda III called Prabhutavarsa and Jagattunga 1 (794-814); 

 and his son Amoghavarsa I, called also Xrpatunga (814 877), 

 invaded the same countries while Dharma Pala and Deva 

 Pala were reigning in Magadha; but it appears that these 

 invasions were either simply predatory raids undertaken 

 with a view to exact tributes or they were repulsed by the 

 powerful kings of Magadha : hence we find that the Sirur in- 

 scription skips over the expedition of Amoghavarsa by stating 

 that he was worshipped by the lords of Anga, Banga and 

 Magadha. It is, however, certain that Dharma Pala married 

 Ranna Devi, who was the daughter of the Rastrakuta king 

 Vallava, who was evidently the powerful king Govinda III 

 called also Prthvi- Valla va. a 



In the latter part of the 9th century or in the first 

 quarter of the 10th century, Amoghavarsa's son Krsna II, called 

 also Akalavarsa (877-915), invaded Anga, Banga ," Kalinga and 

 Magadha during the weak reigns perhaps of some of Narayana 

 Pala's successors, and the kings of these countries are 

 represented as honouring his commands by waiting at his 

 gates, and Dr. Bhandarkar believes that the account given of 

 this invasion may be relied upon as true. 3 But it appears 

 that the king of Magadha must have shortly recovered the 

 countries from the Rastrakuta kin^. From the Khajuraho 

 inscription which records the' exploits of the Candelia king 

 Dhanga Deva, who reigned in Jejubhukti (Bundelkhand) from 

 a.d. 950 to 999, it appears that he invaded Anga and other 

 countries, and he was "so successful in his wars that the 

 wives of the kings of KancI, Andhra, Radha, and Anga 

 lingered in his prisons."* The inscription magnifies the war- 



Ind 



* Bhandarkar: Early Hist, of the Dekkan . p. 51. But Dr. Kielhorn 



thinks that Dharmrna Pala married thedauchr* r of Parabala not Yalla- 

 bha. B 



3 SeetheKarhad Plate Inscription of Krishna III in Ep. Ind. . iv, 

 PP. ±78-290: ^^rrr^Rnwr^^^^f^y,,^^ Q ifTOi*Tr*w: ^^ 

 "^ta^OTlwr; utoj ;• i See also Ep. hid., vol. v, v» 13; vol. ii, p. 1*>. 



• Khajuraho Inscription no. iv : Ep. Ind. y i. 138, 105; v. 46. 



