The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.201.2

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It is likely that the Gāhaḍavālas' advance began during the weak administration of Rāmapāla's son who according to the *Rāma-carita* was entrusted with the administration of the state during the later years of that king.³ This advance must have continued during the inglorious period of Pāla rule (*c.* 1126-50 A.D.) which followed Rāmapāla's death. The hostility of the Pālas towards the Gāhaḍavālas appears to have been inherited by the Senas, and possibly the naval expedition of Vijayasena (*c.* 1097-1159 A.D.) to the western regions, 'which sailed up the whole course of the Ganges,' may not have been entirely unconnected with the Gāhaḍavālas.¹ In the south, the Bengal Asiatic Society's grant dated in A.D. 1120, which records the transference of land formerly granted by Yaśaḥ-Karṇa (*c.* 1073-1125 A.D.) seems to show that the success of the Gāhaḍavālas against the Kalacuris of Tripurī was maintained during Govindacandra's reign. This conclusion may derive some support from the fact that it was Govindacandra who first assumed in his family the title of *Aśvapati* and others which figured regularly amongst the epithets of the Kalacuris of Tripurī from the time of Lakṣmī-Karṇa. An indirect proof of the hostilities between the Gāhaḍavālas and Kalacuris is probably supplied by the evidence of the friendship of the former with the enemies of the latter, the Candellas.