The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c20.17

v1.c20.17

Recently some Indian scholars have taken objection to this arrangement.² They do not accept the identification of the *Haya-pati* Devapāla of the Khajuraho epigraph with the Gurjara prince of that name, on the ground that *Hayapati* was ‘never the accepted title of the Pratīhāra kings of Mahodaya.’ Secondly, as the dates of Mahīpāla and Vināyakapāla never overlap, they see no reason to justify their identification. They would therefore reject the identification of Herambapāla with Vināyakapāla and of the latter with Mahīpāla and propose to arrange the princes as follows :—