The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.130.1

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The Nilgund stone inscription of Amoghavarṣa (866 A.D.) informs us that the rulers of Aṅga, Vaṅga, and Magadha worshipped him.² This statement is also found in the Sirur stone inscription (866-67 A.D.) of the same king.³ In the Deoli grant of Kṛṣṇa III, Kṛṣṇa II is said to have initiated the Gauḍas in *Vinayavrata* and received worship from Aṅgas, Magadhas and others.⁴ Bhoja was already in the possession of Mahodaya as early as 836 A.D. His Gwalior inscription, dated in 876 A.D., informs us that he was bent upon 'conquering the three worlds.'¹ During the remaining years of his reign and his son's rule there is unquestionable epigraphic evidence to show that the Gurjaras held the whole of Northern India from the Karnal district in the Punjab to the Kathiawar peninsula in the south,² and the borders of the Pāla dominions in the east. In the Sagartal (Gwalior) inscription Bhoja claims to have burnt in the fire of his rage the powerful people of Bengal (*bṛhad-vaṅgān*).³ The success of the Gurjaras against the Pālas is shown by a series of inscriptions discovered in Bihar.