Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c18.2

c18.2

The Monghyr plate of king Devapāla (*circa* 810-50 A.D.) of the Pāla dynasty of Bengal and Bihar was discovered as early as 1780. It was first published in 1788 in the *Asiatic Researches*, Vol.I, pp. 13 ff. The inscription was re-edited by F. Kielhorn in the *Indian Antiquary*, Vol. XXI, 1892, pp. 254 ff. ; by A. K. Maitreya in the *Gauḍalekhamālā*, B.S. 1319 (1913 A.D.), pp. 33 ff. ; and by L. D. Barnett in the *Epigraphia Indica*, Vol. XVIII, 1925-26, pp. 304 ff.