The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.107

v1.c16.107

¹ The statements in the Badal *praśasti* that Devapāla always stood at the gate awaiting the leisure of his Brahman minister Darbhapāṇi and that he sat on his throne trembling before him should not be coupled with the election of Gopāla, as in *Gauḍalekhamālā*, p. 79 fn. Though it is possible that the ministers enjoyed great power it would be perhaps going too far to represent them as King-makers. The passages referred to above occur in a private inscription of the ministerial family, which naturally tried to praise its members in the orthodox style of the *praśastikāras*.