102 R. D. BANERJI ON 



Nothing is known about the extent of Kumarapala's reign or the date of his 

 death. But he does not appear to have reigned more than two or three years. He 

 was succeeded by his infant son Gopaladeva (Gopala III) III: — 



Pratyarthi-pramadd-kadamvaka-$irah-sindura4opakrama-krida-patala-pdnir-esa su- 

 suve Gopdlam-urvvi-bhujam i Dhdtrl-palana-jrmbhamana-mahimd-karpura-pdm- 

 $-utkar air-devah kirttim-a-yonijam vitanute yah Sai&ave knditam} v. 17. 

 The infant king seems to have been murdered very soon after his accession : — 

 Api Satrughnopdyad-gopalah svar-jagdma tatsunuh J Hantu (h) kumbhinasyds-tana- 

 yasy-aitasya samayikam-etat.' 1 v. 12. 



A posthumous record of this king has been discovered by Babu Aksaya Kumara 

 Maitreya at Manda in the District of Rajshahi and presented to the Indian Museum. 

 The palaeography points to the later part of the nth and the earlier part of the 12th 

 century as its date. The record is full of mistakes and is untranslatable : — 



1. Om sura-sarid-ur u-viclh slkarau kunda-gauraur-vviracita parabhdgo vdla ca- 



2. ndr-avatansah diSatu sivamajansram^ Sambhti-kotira-bhara kalama-kanisaroci- 



3. rmmamjarl pimjarlsu \\ Sri-mad-Gopaladevas-tridiva musardtah svepva- 



4. -yd tyakta kdsas-tasy-dham pdda-dhfdi-prathita iti nijamndh , Vuddhdm-asthlta- 



pre- 



5. -trdJTia-pratijno nisita-sarasavai Puraseuasakrsdstau nisyajd-dallird 



6. ja trida$apuram-agad-Aidadeva krtajiiah || Svatam tvato vadhil ya sangardt 



prdpya 



7. Candra-kiran-dmalam yasah kridati trdaSasundarl Drso deva-eva Subhadeva 



nanda- 



8. -nah \\ Artlm tadanuga-glta-vildsah dharmmadhvara-masthava-galav'isah Ddma- 



Sura sasa- 



9. -mam vdhitaveSuh sa yayate Sri-sdmbhdvakaddsah dagdhd yatra madadbhutdh 



§ara-$a- 



10. -iidhuua-puritd yatra Bhdvakaddsena Krtd kirnnd vivajateh \\ Ratokena le- 



11. khitavya. 



We can recognize only a number of names: — 



(1) Gopaladeva, (2) Ddma&ura, (3) Aidadeva, (4) Subhadeva, (5) Puvasena, 

 (6) Sambhdvakaddsa , (7) Bhavakadasa and (8) Rdtoka, the scribe. 



The murder of the infant king and the subsequent accession of his uncle 

 Madanapala seems to point to a parallel of the murder of the infant King Edward V 

 by his uncle Richard III. About this time some dispute seems to have arisen about 



the succession, and ultimately Madanapala 's party seems to 

 His murder by Uadana- have triumphed. Vaidyadeva ignores Madanapala completely 



in the Kamauli copper-plate grant issued in the fourth year 

 of his reign, and so it must be admitted that Vaidyadeva declared his independence 

 after the murder of Gopala III. Till the reign of Madanapala the Pala Kingdom 

 consisted of Eastern Magadha and Northern Bengal. 



1 J.A.S.B., 1900, Pt. I, p. 71. * Mem. A.S.B., Vol. Ill, p. 51. 



