The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.351.4

v1.c16.351.4

Later on Gaṅgādhara became the counsellor of king Rudramāna and married Pāsaladevī, a daughter of Jayapāṇi, a friend of the king of Gauḍa. Kielhorn has approximately dated these two Māna rulers of Magadha "towards the end of the 11th and at the beginning of the 12th century A.D." There seems to be no reason to doubt that the family of Yakṣapāla, which claimed to rule in the neighbourhood of Gaya city, and the Mānas who held the western portion of the Gaya district and northern portions of Hazaribagh were petty rulers, and they may therefore have ruled in that area simultaneously. It is also extremely likely that the prince referred to as the *Gauḍarāja* in this inscription was the contemporary Pāla king, whose rule in Bihar south of the Ganges probably extended only over the narrow strip of territory extending from the western borders of Patna to Rajmahal. In addition to this he also held a portion of north Bengal, so to deserve the title of *Gauḍarāja*.