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17. — rthdn \\ Yad-dhrt-padma-kutiraka-pranayitdm-dpddite Srl-patau suprlte 

 vvabhicdranltv-aratayd bhaktyd parikvliitam , Arthibhyo vi- 



18. — niyuMay-apy-anudinam patre sucau jataya mat-svdmi-priyavdsa esa iti yah 

 kamam $riya samSritah || M aundditya-SahaSralinga- 



19. Kamal-drddhdnglna-'N 'drdyana-DvistomeSvara-Phalgundtha-Vijayddity-dhvayd- 

 ndm krtl 1 sa prdsddam-aclkarad-dvivisaddm Keddradevasya 



20. ca khyatasy-Ottaramanasasya khananam sattram tathd c-dksaye \\ Surya-candra- 

 masan yavad-yavat ksaunl sasdgara • Tdvat Sri Yaksapdlasya rd- 



21. — jantdm bkuvi klrttayah \\ Nydya-vidyd-viddm §reydn-Aglgrdma kulod.bhavah 

 Sri-Murdrir-dvija-$resthah pra&astim-akarod-imdm. 



22. Likhit-dsau Sri Padmapdnind \\ 



The characters of this inscription cannot be said to belong to the 12th century 

 a.d., as the form of the test letters are much earlier than those of Ramapala. Most 

 probably Yaksapala assumed independence during the troublesome times of the 

 reigns of Vigrahapala III, Mahlpala II and Surapala II. Perhaps he was contem- 

 porary of Ramapala during the earlier part of the latter's reign. He is not men- 

 tioned in the Ramacarita, and most probably he was subdued by Ramapala 's 

 maternal uncle, Mathanadeva, who is styled Magadhddhipa in the commentary. 

 He might have continued to reign either as a subordinate prince, or as an indepen- 

 dent one, because no evidence is forthcoming to prove that any of the Pala 

 Emperors after Ramapala held any part of Western Magadha or South- Western 

 Behar. Ramapala' s inscriptions have been discovered in Eastern Magadha, but 

 no Pala record after the time of Vigrahapala III have been found in the Gaya or 

 Shahabad District, except the two inscriptions of Govindapaladeva. Another power- 

 ful dynasty of kings, who founded their monarchy on the ruins of the second Pala 

 Empire, was that of the Varmans of Eastern Bengal. 



Four records of this dynasty have come to light as yet : — 



(1) Bhuvanesvara inscription of the time of Bhatta Bhavadeva. 1 



(2) The unpublished copper-plate grant of Harivarmmadeva, which has been 

 noticed by Babu Nagendra Natha Basu in Vangera Jdtiya Itihdsa, " Vol. II, p. 215 

 and plate. This copperplate grant was seen and examined by the author several 

 years ago. It was obtained from the late Mr. Hari Nath De, and was photographed 

 with the permission of the owner. Very little can be made out of the grant at 

 present. 



(3) A manuscript of the " Asta-sdhasrika Prajndpavamitd" written in the 19th 

 year of Harivarmmadeva, recently acquired by me. 



(4) The Belabo grant of Bhojavarman. According to the genealogy given in 

 the inscription, the Varmans were descended from the race of Yadu In that 

 race were a lines of princes, who ruled at Simhapura, which was in the Punjab, as 

 we know from the Lakkha-mandal-prasasti of the Princess Tsvara. Vajravarman of 

 that dynasty was the founder of a kingdom in Eastern Bengal. His son, Jatavar- 



l Epi. Ind., Vol. VI, p. 203. 



