The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c34.s1.42
The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c34.s1.42
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² *HR*, II, p. 428, fn. 2. See *supra*, *DHNI*, Vol. II, pp. 587ff. According to Barnett this identification is ‘possible but not very probable.’ Though at present there is no definite evidence that the Pratīhāra emperor Devapāla was killed yet it is certain that he was not a very powerful prince. Dissensions within and invasions hastened the decline and break up of the Pratīhāra empire. It is therefore not impossible that like Rājyapāla (*c.* 1010 A.D.), he may have also been killed in trying to put down internal foes who were often the feudatories of the Kanauj empire.