The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.19

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⁴ The editor of the Ashrafpur plates placed them "in the 8th or 9th centuries A.D." This view is still held by some scholars, see *Bāngālār Itihās*, by R. D. Banerji, 2nd Ed., pp. 164 ff., 233 ff. But see *JASB*, 1923, pp. 376 ff. The date proposed above is also supported by the suggested identification of "roi de l'Inde Orientale qui s'applle T'i-p'ouo-po-mo (Devavarman)," the contemporary of king Ādityasena (je-Kium = l'armée du soleil) mentioned by Hoei-luen (*c.* 650-700 A.D.) with Devakhaḍga of the Ashrafpur plates and Ādityasena of the Shahpur image inscription ; See Chavannes, *Les Religieux Eminents*, pp. 81 and 83 ; *Life*, pp. xxxvi-xxxvii.