Gopala II: Difference between revisions

Before 1970, nothing was known about the three Pala kings (Mahendrapala, Shurapala I and Gopala II) who ruled in between Devapala and Vigrahapala I. Plenty of references, on images, in temples, other stone inscriptions as well as various manuscripts were found, but these were wrongly assigned to times of other kings. The references to Mahendrapala were assigned to the Gurjara-Pratihara king [[Mahendrapala I]] and accordingly, the Bihar area of Gauda was thought to have been occupied by the Pratiharas at that time.<ref>Banerji, Rakhaldas, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501821/page/n111/mode/2up The Pratīhāra Occupation of Magadha], ''The Indian Antiquary'', Vol. XLVII, 1918, pp. 109-111.</ref> In Badal village of Dinajpur district, Bangladesh, there is a pillar called ''Garuḍa Stambha'', which contains an inscription of Guravamishra, who had served as Prime Minister to the Pala king [[Narayanapala]]. This inscription, known as the ''Badal Praśasti'' (Badal Eulogy), sequentially mentions Guravamishra's ancestors, along with the Pala kings they had served as Prime Ministers. Mahendrapala is indirectly mentioned, so that part was assigned to Devapala. The name "Gopala" was deemed to be a reference to Krishna, and the name "Shurapala" was deemed as an alternate name for Vigrahapala I.<ref>Maitreya, Akshay Kumar, [[s:bn:গৌড়লেখমালা (প্রথম স্তবক)/গরুড়স্তম্ভ-লিপি|Garuḍastambha-Lipi]], Gauḍa-Lekhamālā (in Bengali), 1912, pp. 70-85.</ref>

 

 

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