Tribes in Ancient India c55.17

c55.17

After the fall of the Pālas, the Gauḍa country seems to have passed into the hands of the Senas. Vijayasena (c. 1060 A.D.), one of the early kings of the Sena dynasty, is described in the Deopara Inscription (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. I, pp. 305-15) as having defeated Nānya, Vira, and the kings of Gauḍa, Kāmarūpa, and Kaliṅga. The Madhainagar copperplate of Lakṣmaṇasena (*J.A.S.B.*, N.S., Vol. V, pp. 467ff.) describes Lakṣmaṇasena (early twelfth century) as having suddenly seized the kingdom of Gauḍa, and raided Kaliṅga. He is referred to as *Gauḍeśvara*, i.e. Lord of Gauḍa, and his sons Keśavasena and Viśvarūpasena are also referred to as Lords of Gauḍa (*J.A.S.B.*, N.S., Vol. X, pp. 99-104). During the rule of the Senas the Gauḍa country seems to have more than once been attacked. In the Nagpur Stone Inscription of the rulers of Mālava (1104-5 A.D.), Lakṣmadeva, the Paramāra king, is said to have defeated the Lord of Gauḍa—an unhistorical claim, says Kielhorn (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. II, p. 193). The Pīthapuram Inscription of Prithivīśvara (Prithivīsena) points out that King Malla is credited with having subdued among others the Lord of the Gauḍas.²