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M. M, Chakravarti — Inscription of NayapSila Leva, [No. 2? 
(Bodli Gaya) when the king of the Karnya in the west invaded 
Magadha, and a war ensued between him and Nayapala. The invaders 
sacked several towns at ’first, but were ultimately defeated. Ati9a 
mediated and succeeded in bringing about a treaty between the two 
kings (p. 9 note). Apparently some time before this he had been 
appointed by Nayapala^ as high priest of the Buddhist Vihara at 
Vikrama^ila (p. 9). When he had been there for some time, the 
Tibetan king, Lha Lama Yes’es hod, sent a deputation to India under 
Bgya-tsan for inducing Ati^a to come to Tibet, but the latter declined 
to go (p. 13). Shortly after, this king died in captivity, and was suc- 
ceeded by his nephew, prince Can Cub. After a year (p. 15) the prince 
sent Nag-tso to Vikrama^ila again. In that monastery Nag-tso stayed 
for three years (p. 23), and at length persuaded Atifa to start for 
Tibet. En route while in Nepal, Ati^a wrote an epistle to the king 
Nayapala, named Vimala-Batna-Lekhana (pp. 26 and 31). Ati9a lived 
in Tibet for twelve years (“ thirteen years ” in another place), and died 
in 1053 A.D. (p. 30). 
The above data enable us to arrive at the following dates : — 
1 . 
2 . 
3 . 
4 . 
5 . 
6 . 
7 . 
Ati9a died in 
He proceeded to Tibet in 
(twelve years) 
He met Nag-tso first in 
(three years) 
The Tibetan king died in 
(one year) 
Ati9a met Rgya-tsan in 
He mediated between Nayapala and 
the king of Karnya in 
He was appointed (by Nayapala) 
high priest of Vikrama9ila 
1053 A.D. 
1042 A.D.2 
1039 A.D. 
1038 A.D. 
? 1036-7 A.D 
? 1035 A.D. 
? 1033 A.D. 
Apparently therefore the king Nayapala Deva was reigning in 
1033 A.D. His accession could not have taken place much further back, 
for according to the Sarnath inscription (Ind. Ant., Yol. XIY, pp. 139- 
140), his father Mahipala was reigning in V.S. 1083 or 1026 A.D. 
Possibly the king of Karnya invaded Magadha expecting to have better 
success with a new, and therefore young and inexperienced king. Con- 
sidering the various facts, the king Nayapala might be fairly assumed to 
1 The name of the king has been given in pp. 2 and 11 as Mahipala, appa- 
rently by mistake. 
8 “ In 1042 A.D., the famous Atisha, a native of Bengal, who is known in Tibet 
as Jovo-rje or Jovo-rtishe, also came there. ” Eockhill’s Life of Buddha, p. 227. 
