The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c31.s5.22

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Bhoja's son and successor, Mahendrapāla (Mahendrāyudha) (*c.* A.D. 890–908) preserved unimpaired the extensive heritage received from his father, and ruled all Northern India, except the Panjāb and Indus valley, from the borders of Bihār (Magadha) to the shore of the Arabian sea. Inscriptions of his eighth and ninth years found at Gayā seem to prove that Magadha was included in the Parihār (Pratīhāra) dominions for some time. His teacher (*Guru*) was the celebrated poet Rājasekhara, author of the *Karpūra-mañjarī* play and other works, who continued to reside at the court of Mahendrapāla's younger son.³