[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.c19.s4 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c19.s4: (4) The Rāṣṭrakūṭas of Bihar The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c19.s4 - **Language:** English ### (4) The Rāṣṭrakūṭas of Bihar ### [v1.c19.s4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c19.s4.1) In my chapters on the dynasties of Bengal and Bihar and the Gāhaḍavālas, I have already referred to this line of Rāṣṭrakūṭas. In her Sarnath inscription, Kumāra-devī,⁴ the queen of the Gāhaḍavāla Govindacandra (\*c.\* 1114-1155 A.D.), refers to her maternal grandfather Mahana, the ruler of Aṅga (\*Aṅgapa\*) and ‘a peerless warrior of the Gauḍa country.’ Mahana is further described as ‘the venerable maternal uncle (\*mātula\*) of kings’ who had conquered the Chikkora Devarakṣita of Pīṭhī and maintained the glory of Rāmapāla. This led to the identification of Mahana with the Rāṣṭrakūṭa Mahana or Mathana of the \*Rāma-carita\* of Sandhyākara Nandī,⁵ who was the maternal uncle of Rāmapāla (\*c.\* 1084-1126 A.D.), and materially aided him in establishing his power. The \*Rāma-carita\* makes it clear that Mathana was a feudatory of Rāmapāla. The names of the following members of this family are supplied by the \*Rāma-carita\*¹ and the Sarnath inscription:— ### [v1.c19.s4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c19.s4.2) ⁴ \*EI\*, Vol. IX, pp. 319-20. No. 42 of the Gāhaḍavāla Govindacandra; see above, p. 525. ### [v1.c19.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c19.s4.3) ⁵ \*MASB\*, Vol. III, No. 1. See \*supra\*, Dynastic History of Bengal and Bihar, pp. 338 ff. ### [v1.c19.s4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c19.s4.4) ¹ See in this connection \*IHQ\*, March, 1929, pp. 35-48. ## Linked texts (1) - [Rāmacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.rama.ramacarita) — Gauḍa Abhinanda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c19.s4) · Pramāṇa