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the god Mahadeva whenever he wished, came to Bengal, the elderly 
Buddhist Bhiksus wished to call the demigods who guarded Buddhism 
in other lands to their aid, but the youthful Buddhist Pandits, not 
listening to their advice, held religious controversy with famkara and 
were defeated. 3 They lost twenty-five endowed religious institutions 
together with their furniture and other properties ; and 500 Buddhist 
Upasakas were converted to the creed of the Tirthikas (Brahmanas). 
When fhihkar-acarya sent his letter of challenge to Nalanda to hold a 
religious disputation with him, Dharma Klrtti 4 was brought from the 
Dekhan by king Prabhasa. In the great controversy which was 
held at Benares between the Brahmanas and the Buddhists in which the 
king presided, Pandit Dharma Kirtti gained the victory. All the people 
interested in the controversy became converted to Buddhism. The 
king, having been converted, established a large number of Buddhist 
institutions. Though defeated, famkara did not embrace Buddhism. 
After his death which occurred by drowning himself in the Ganges, 
his followers were mostly converted to Buddhism. 
In Otivisa (Orissa) (^amkara’s disciple, a Brahman named Bhat- 
tacarya, became powerful. He defeated the Buddhist Pandit Kulica 
frestha and others in disputation, with the result that the Buddhist 
temples were destroyed by the Tirthikas, and their endowed pro¬ 
perties appropriated to the use of the latter. In the east Yimala 
Candra, 6 son of Bala Candra, had established his power over 
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Dharma Kirtti and Gam-po king of Tibet were said to be of the same time. 
Gam-po married the daughter of Empex*or Thai Jung of China, who according 
to Chinese chronology reigned in 600 A.D. 
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Bala Candra was the son of Simha Candra who reigned in Bengal. Bfda 
Candra extended his power to Tirhut and Kamarupa. At this time Magadha was 
ruled by the elder son of King Harsa. 
