The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c14.94

v1.c14.94

Chakravarti has pointed out that the date of Nānyadeva must be placed in about the middle of the 12th century A. D.¹ The successful career of Nānya appears to have ended in disaster, when he came into conflict with the Senas of Bengal. In the Deopara inscription, Vijayasena claims to have defeated and imprisoned Nānya, with several other princes.² The epigraphic and literary traditions of Nepal contain lists of the names of his successors. Thus the Katmandu inscription of Pratāpa (Malladeva) dated in (N.) *Saṁvat* 769 (A. D. 1649) gives the following list :³