The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.79

v1.c16.79

In the Pāla records Devapāla appears as a mighty conqueror. We are told in his Monghyr grant that during his victorious expeditions his war-elephants reached the Vindhyas, while his cavalry roamed about in the Kāmboja country (V. 13.). In another verse of the same inscription, the *praśastikāra* tells us that this king enjoyed the whole region bounded on the north by the Himalayas, in the south by Rāma's bridge (*ā-setoḥ prathita-daśāsya-ketu-kīrteḥ*), and by the abodes of Varuṇa and Lakṣmī (*i.e.*, the oceans), on the east and the west (V. 15). In the Bhagalpur grant of Nārāyaṇapāla Jayapāla, a son of Vākpāla and grandson of Gopāla, claims to have undertaken successful expeditions at the direction of Devapāla. We are told that at his approach the lord of Utkala took fright and fled from his capital, while the king of Prāgjyōtiṣa only continued to rule in his kingdom in safety when he agreed to hold the commands of Jayapāla on his proud head (V. 6). The Badal pillar inscription of the time of Guravamiśra also supplies interesting information on the victories of Devapāla. From this inscription we find the names of three ministers of Devapāla :