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1894.] U. C. Batavyal— Copper-plate Grant of Dharmapala. 
of the village Dliamasara on the hank of the Ganges to Adigai Ojha, son 
of Bhatta Narayana, and this specific statement has an appearance of 
authenticity about it. Its authenticity, however, is now confirmed by 
the copper-plate, at least incidentally; for we now know beyond doubt 
that Bhatta Narayana was a contemporary of Dharma Pala, and his 
son Adigai Ojlia, too, appears to have been patronized by that king. 
Up to date no authentic account of Ad^ura has been obtained. 
The oldest writers on brahmanical genealogy, whose writings have 
come down to us—I refer particularly to Hari Miqra and Eru Mi^ra— 
place Adi^ura shortly before the Pa]as; and they state that shortly 
after the arrival of the five Brahmanas from Kannauj, the kingdom 
of Gaur became subject to the Palas. These writers expressly men¬ 
tion Deva Pala, the successor of Dharma Pala, as the most famous king 
of the Pala dynasty, which succeeded the dynasty of Ad^ura. 1 
Now this account seems to be borne out by the evidence of the 
copper-plate. 
* f*T5T II 
Tf^TT 1W7j 
ji whito \ 
W[TfTSi^^WIrrT5rt I 
jj II 
See p. 117 of “ Oaure Brahmana by Babfi Mahima Chandra Mazumdar. 
Edition 1886. 
1 Thus Hari Migra writes:— 
I 
II 
See “ Vigva Kosa” by Nagendra Natha Gh5sh, article Kulina, page 308. In 
this verse we have evidence that the religion of the Palas was a mixture of 
the Yedic and the Buddhistic doctrines. In fact, a fusion of the two religions 
was taking place at this period, the result of which was the total absorption of the 
Buddhists in the ranks of the “ Hindus,” by which name the followers of the mixed 
religion came to be designated by their Musalman conquerors. 
J. i. 6 
