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[N.8.] 
father Dhsrmepéls practically ruled Gauda. On the east he on 
Paundravarddhana-bhakti, in which he granted land by t 
Khalimpur plate '; in the ‘centre he had Magadha, as me ae 
from Pataliputra the said grant '; while in Bodhgaya an image 
has been found with an inscription recognising his overlordship. a 
His territory extended probably further \westwards, as in th 
Khalimpur plate he is described to have subjuga anyakubja, 
but gave it over to its king.! Of his father, Gop&la, the two 
inscriptions found are on images of Nalanda and Bodhgaya, 
showing that Magadha belonged to him *; and from his assump- 
tion of the title so atic eee it is not unlikely that other 
lands were also included es Magadha. Other references to 
oe alas as kings of Ganda na als to be found in (1) the Sarnath 
mage inscription of me of Gaudadhipa Mahipala dated 
Sarnvat 1083 (1027 A. D} : and (2) Kamauli ar of Vaidya- 
eva, a Governor of Gaud-e8 jasya Kumara-pala-ur 
ther references to Ganda lie s ‘gto in lamers and 
literature of ninth to twelfth centuries. Some of them may really 
refer to Pala kings, but most are vague, ¢.g.:— 
A. Inscriptions :— 
(i & ii) = and Deoli plates of Krsna III.* His 
neestor Krsnaraja IL “ was the preceptor 
charging the Gaudas with the vow of humil- 
ity,” fab ee -vrat-Arppana-gurus’. 
na IT, end of the ninth century A. 
(iii) The Bilhari stone inscription.? The Cedi ‘kin 
: Keytravarsa Yuvaraja I “ fulfilled the ardent 
wishes of the minds of the women of Ganda,” 

Yuvaraja I, of the tenth centu ry. 
(iv) Bhuvanesvar stone inseri iption of Brahmesvara 
mple,* ae “defeated the whole 
fabs of his e my, the Simhala, Coda and 
auda, as it were in child play,’ ’ prati-bhatam= 
akiclacs Simhalam-Coda-Gaudam. 
pore Kegari, probably of the tenth 



' ury A. 
: (v) Kahla hate of theKalactri Sodhadeva,° Gunam = 
E bhodhideva by a warlike expedition ‘ took 
- | Ep. Ind. 1V, p. 249, lines 28-9, Pdfaliputra-samévdsita, lines 30-1, 
Sri. aig. Aan avar ery -antahpati ; ; lines 21-3 for Kanyakubja. 
Proce. 
3 Kielhorn’s list of N Indian Inscriptions, Nos. 631 and 632, p. 35, 
App. BeBe Ind., Vol. V. 
. Ant. XIV, 140; Arch. Survey Rep. for India, 1905-6, pp. 221-2. 
Ep. Ta a 351, line shoe 
ated Saka 862, Ep. Ind, V, 1a, line 20]; Karhad plates 
dated on A am 959 A.D., Ep. Ind. LV, 283, "line 
S p- Ind. I, 256, line 10, : 
2 : e 8.B., VII, 5587, verse 10. 9 Ep. Ind., VIL, 89, line 9. 


