History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c18.s2.2

v1.c18.s2.2

The supremacy over the smaller kingdoms in Bengal seems to have been enjoyed now by one king and now by another during this period viz. from 600 to 800 A. D. We have already related the story of the Kashmir king Jayā- pīda going alone and unattended to Paundravardhana where a king Jayanta ruled. He gave him his daughter and the latter is said to have conquered 5 neighbouring kings in behalf of his father-in-law. The years of Jayāpīda’s reign are 751-782 A. D. (see Kashmir chronology). King Harshadeva of Kāmarupa (Assam) mentioned in an inscription of Jayadeva of Nepal dated 769 A. D. noticed before is said to have conquered Gauda, Odra, Kalinga and Kosala (गौडौ- द्रादिकलिङ्गकोसलपतिः ). This shows that none of these Bengal kingdoms were strong during this period and that they were constantly subject to foreign invasions.