108 R. D. BANERJI ON 



The relations between this chief and the Gahadavala Kings of Kanauj has been made 

 clear by the Tarachandl inscription of the same prince. This inscription was 

 edited by Dr. Fitz-Edward Hall in i860. 1 According to this inscription, in Sam- 

 vat 1225 on Wednesday, the 3rd day of the dark half of Jyaistha, = 16th April, 

 1 1 69 a.d., Pratapadhavala announces that a certain copper-plate recording the grant 

 of the villages of Kalahandl and Badapila has been obtained by several Brahmanas by 

 bribing one, Deu, the slave of King Vijayacandra of Kanyakubja. The inscription 

 finally adds that the proprietary share of the rent should be collected yearly as before. 

 This inscription shows very clearly that though Pratapadhavala was semi-indepen- 

 dent, he was obliged to recognize the suzerainty of the Gahadavala King of Kanauj. 

 The villages stated above within his territories could be granted by the King of 

 Kanyakubja to anybody he liked. 



After the death of Laksmanasena three of his sons seem to have come to the 

 throne: — (1) Madhavasena, (2) Visvarupasena and (3) Kesavasena. Nothing is known 

 about the order of succession of these princes and their dates. Elsewhere I have 

 tried to prove that Madhavasena precedes the other sons of Eaksmanasena, Visvarupa, 

 and he in his turn preceded Kesavasena. One copper-plate inscription of each of 

 these princes have been discovered, viz., those of Visvarupa and Kesavasena. A 

 copper-plate of Madhavasena has been preserved in a monastery in the Tehri State. 2 



Visvarupsena is known from his now lost Madanapada Grant 3 of the year 14 

 of his reign. It records the grant of certain lands in the village Pihjakasthl in the 

 Vikramapura division (bhaga) of Eastern Bengal (Vahga) of the Paundravarddhana 

 bhukti to a Brahmana named Visvarupadeva-sarmman. His brother Kesavasena is 

 also known from his Edilpur Grant* of the year 3, which records the grant of 

 certain lands in the province (pradeSa) of Eastern Bengal, the division (bhaga) of 

 Vikramapura and the bhukti of Paundravarddhana to Isvaradeva-Sarmman, a 

 brother of the Visvarupadeva Sarmman of the Madanapada Grant. The Sena 

 The Fall of the Senas Dynasty came to an end with the Muhammadan occupation 



of East Bengal, and the last kings are not known. 



In 1 161 a.d. we find a king named Govindapaladeva in Magadha. His existence 



js proved from a stone inscription and six manuscript records. But we are not yet 



-.,'_, in a position to state clearly whether he belonged to the 



Govindapala. 



Imperial Pala Dynasty or not. Yet the affix Pala and the 



Buddhist titles (e.g. Parama-saugata) would lead us to believe that he was descended 



from them. He seems to have come to the throne in 1161 a.d., 6 as the Gaya Stone 



Inscription distinctly mentions that his fourteenth regnal year fell in v.s. 1232 = 



1 175 a.d. A manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita discovered by Hodgson 



at Nepal, which was copied in the fourth year of the King's reign, mentions the 



1 Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. VI, p. 547. 



2 Atkinson's Kumayun. 



5 J.A.S.B , 1896, Pt. I, p. 6, pi. I & II. 

 * J.A.S.B., Voi. VII, p. 43. 



6 Cunningham's Arch. Survey Report Vol, III., p. 124. 



