Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s6.26
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s6.26
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¹ Essay on Guṇāḍhya, 115; Gopāla and Pālaka find mention in the *Bṛihat Kathā*, *Svapna-Vāsavadatta*, *Pratijñā-Yaugandharāyaṇa*, *Mṛichchhakaṭika* etc. A prince named Kumārasena is known to the *Harsha-charita*. According to the Nepalese Bṛihatkathā (cf. *Kathā-sarit-sāgara* XIX. 57) Gopāla succeeds Mahāsena (Pradyota but abdicates in favour of his brother Pālaka. Pālaka renounces the crown in favour of Avantivardhana, son of Gopāla. In the *Avaśyaka Kathānakas* (*Pariśishṭa* parvan, 2nd ed. xii) Avantisena is mentioned as a grandson of Pālaka.
Linked texts (7)
- Kathāsaritsāgara — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Mṛcchakaṭika — Śūdraka, Sanskrit
- Svapnavāsavadatta — Bhāsa, Sanskrit
- Harṣacarita — Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa — Bhāsa, Sanskrit
- Bṛhatkathā
- Pariśiṣṭaparvan — Hemacandra, Sanskrit