[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v1.c16.304 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.304 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.304 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.304](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.304) diplomacy was eminently successful, and the \*Pīṭhīpatis\* henceforward materially helped Rāmapāla in his campaign against the Kaivartas. The Pāla prince then travelled to the principalities of his \*Sāmanta-cakra\* and of the forest chiefs (\*āṭavikāḥ\*=\*aṭavīya-sāmantāḥ\*), to win them over to his cause.¹ He also distributed wealth and granted land with unstinted generosity. Thus by a judicious use of policy and his sword he at last succeeded in gaining the good will of his feudatories and raised a powerful army consisting of cavalry, elephants and infantry.² By this time the Kaivarta chief Divvoka was dead. Their leader now was Bhīma, the son of Rūdoka, the brother of Divvoka. The campaign against him was opened by the \*Mahāpratīhāra\* Sivarāja, the nephew of Mathana.³ He crossed the Ganges, and entering Varendrī, crushed the \*rakṣaka-vyūhas\* of Bhīma, and for a time was so successful that the whole country appeared to be free from the control of the Kaivartas.⁴ But this was merely a \*reconnaissance en force\*. The real campaign came some time later, when Rāmapāla, in addition to his maternal uncle Mathana, the latter's sons the \*Mahāmāṇḍalikas\* Kāhnuradeva and Suvarṇadeva⁵ and Mathana's nephew the \*Mahāpratīhāra\* Śivarājadeva,⁶ was assisted by the following \*Sāmantas\*:⁷ - [Previous: v1.c16.303](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.303) - [Next: v1.c16.305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.305) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.304](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.304) · Pramāṇa