The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.338

v1.c16.338

After consolidating his territories by this conquest, Rāmapāla according to his biographer, undertook invasions in foreign countries. In the course of these he is said to have conquered Utkala, Kaliṅga, and Kāmarūpa.⁵ We are also told by this authority that a king of the eastern country (*prāgdeśīya*) "who held the title of Varman" sought the protection of Rāmapāla by surrendering his elephants and chariot.'.⁶ It has been rightly assumed that this Varman king must be identified with a prince of the line of Bhojavarman, possibly Harivarman or his son.⁷ The cause of his distress may have been an attack on his territories by Vijaya, the feudatory chief of Nidrābala in Western Bengal, who, as we have seen, is perhaps identical with Vijayasena the founder of the Sena power, which was soon to destroy the kingdom of the Pālas in Bengal.