[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.c16.415 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.415 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.415 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.415) The discussion above would show that after the death of the last Pāla king Rāmapāla there was a general scramble for power in the lower Ganges valley amongst the feudatories of the Pālas and the neighbouring chiefs. In this struggle the goddess of victory gave her garland to one of the former \*Sāmantas\* of Rāmapāla. The claim to have imprisoned so many kings is probably an exaggeration of the actual facts by the \*praśastikāra\*; but the find-spots and internal evidence of his records shew that there is a substantial amount of accuracy in his claims. It is certain that he ruled over portions of West, North and East Bengal. In the Deopara inscription Vijayasena is praised for his liberality to the \*Śrotriyas\* and the poor. We are told that "through his favour the \*Śrotriyas\* enjoy so much wealth that their wives had to be taught by the \*nāgarīs\* (wives of the townspeople) the use of pearls, emeralds, etc." The same inscription records his erection of the high temple of Pradyumneśvara Śiva and the excavation of a lake. He was a worshipper of Śiva, and had the \*biruda\* of \*Arivṛṣabhaśaṅkara\* and the title \*Parama-māheśvara\*. His two inscriptions also begin with salutations to Śiva. The poet Umāpatidhara, who composed the Deopara \*praśasti\*, and describes himself as a "poet whose understanding is purified with the study of words and their meanings," lived in his court. It is likely that the city of Vijayapura mentioned as capital of Lakṣmaṇasena by the \*Pavanadūta\* of Dhoyī was built during his time and named after him.¹ As the wind-messenger comes to the city after crossing the Suhmadeśa and the confluence of the Bhāgīrathī and Yamunā (Triveṇī), the city should be located somewhere near the district of Hugli.² - [Previous: v1.c16.414](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.414) - [Next: v1.c16.416](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.416) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16) ## Cites (1) - [Pavanadūta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.gauda.pavanaduta) — Dhoyī, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.415) · Pramāṇa