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a few Buddhists at Natasva. After that time the Rajas of the Sena 
family became vassals of the Tunisia kings. They acted according 
to the commands of the Tunisia kings. They respected the Bud¬ 
dhist religion. Particularly in the time of Buddha Sena, Rahula 
pribhadra, Bhumi pribhadra, Upaya pribhadra and others performed 
Buddhist religious service. They had a limited number of followers 
and devotees. There were at that time the Acaryas Karuna pribhadra, 
and Munindra pribhadra and others who also worked with a few fol¬ 
lowers. About a hundred years after the time of Pratita Sena, 11 Cagala 
Raja, probably the most powerful king of Ciitigao, rose to eminence in 
Bengal. His power was felt all over the country extending from 
Bengal to Delhi. He was devoted to Brahmanism. His wife, being 
a Buddhist, induced him to repair some of the ruined Viharas of 
Magadlia and to perform religious service at Vajrasana (Bodhi Gaya) 
and Nalanda, and particularly to rebuild the upper storeys of the great 
nine storeyed Gandhola of Bodhi Gaya. He re-established the worship 
of Buddha there by inviting a learned Pandit like pariputra. From 
the death of this Raja (Cagala) up to this year (Earth-dragon year 
according to the chronology of Tibet) three hundred years have elapsed. 
Afterwards in Otivisa (Orissa) Mukunda Deva (Dharma Raja), who 
favoured Buddhism, became powerful. His power extended up to Maga- 
dha. He too did some service to the cause of Buddhism. Since his 
death up to this time one hundred and seventy-eight years have passed. 
Towards the East, Buddhism spread more and more than before. 
After the downfall of Magadha most of the learned sages went towards 
the land of the Koki. Since that time the Rajas Cobhajata, Simlia-jati 
and others established many Buddhist religious institutions in their 
dominions. The religion of Buddha having spread there, the Pandit 
Vana Ratna and others visited Tibet from there (Catigao). In later 
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