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lorded over the Saontals of the Forest. The name of the next prince is suggestive. 



a_ _, . ^ . , . Surapala is mentioned as being the chief of Kuiabati. The 



burapala or Kujabati. j 



Tirumalai inscriptions mention a feudatory of Mahlpala I, 



named Dharmmapala, who ruled over Dandabhukti.' Perhaps these princes belonged 



to the minor branches of the Imperial Pala Dynasty. Rudrasikhara of Tailakampa is 



mentioned as a great warrior. Perhaps Mahamahopadhyaya Hara Prasada Sastri 's 



identification" of Tailakampa with the modern Telkupi 3 in 



Rudrasikhara of Taila- ^ Man bhum district is correct, but there is no proof in 

 kampa. ' r 



support of it beyond the resemblance in place names. 



Mayagala-simha of Ucchala was the king of a country which was partly surrounded 



by the sea. The commentary mentions " Aparalohitarnava " 



Mayagala-^mha of Uc- which means ano ther Red Sea, but it is quite possible that 



the poet intends to mention the river Brahmaputra which is 

 also known as the Lauhitya. Pratapa-simha of Dekkarlya is also extolled in the 



commentary as a great warrior. There is nothing in the 

 ra apa-simia o t e commentary to indicate the position of Dekkarlya, but it has 



been identified by Mahamahopadl^aya Hara Prasada Sastri 

 with the modern village of Dhekura or Dhekurl in the northern part of the Burdwan 

 District, on the ground of similarity of names/ The commentary on the next verse 

 mentions five princes, and among the names of places over which they ruled only two 

 can be identified: — 



(1) Narasirhharjjuna, the king of the Kayahgala mandala; 



(2) Candarjjuna of Sahkatagrama; 



(3) Vijayaraja of Nidravala; 



(4) Dorapavarddhana of Kausambi ; and 



(5) Soma of Paduvanva. 



Dorapavarddhana of Kausambi seems to have been a landlord of Varendri. 

 Kausambi seems to be the ancient name of the modern Pargana of Kusumba in the 

 Rajshahi District of Bengal. I am indebted to Prof. Jadunath Sarkar of the Patna 

 College for this suggestion. Paduvanva has been identified by Mahamahopadhyaya 

 Hara Prasada Sastri with the modern Pabna on the ground of similarity of names. 

 At the bottom of the list of feudatories we find mention of Ramapala's cousins 



on his mother's side, viz. the princes of the Rastrakuta 

 Ramapak^son and f ami i yj and his eldest son Rajyapala, who died in his life- 



time. Ramapala's maternal relations are specified in the 

 next verse, his eldest maternal uncle Mathanadeva, whom we have already met, his 

 brother Suvarnadeva and their sons, the Mahamandalika Kahnuradeva, and the 

 Mahapratihara Sivarajadeva. 6 



Ramapala, with his allies and feudatories, crossed the Ganges either on boats or 

 by a bridge of boats. The commentary on the next verse states that the great army 



1 Epi. Ind., Vol. IX, p 232. 2 Mem. A.S.B., Vol. Ill, p. 14. 



: " Cunningham's Arch. Surv. Report, Vol. VIII, p. 169. 



* Mem. A.S B., Vol. Ill, p. 14. 6 Comm. on V. 8, Mem. A.S.B., Vol. Ill, p. 38. 



