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²⁶ See the reading of the *Garuḍa stambha* inscription interpreted by A. K. Maitra in "The Stones of Varendra" in the *Modern Review* for *August*, 1912. An important historical puzzle that awaits final solution is the relation between the Cholas and Pālas in the 10th century. South Indian tradition points to the overthrow of the Bengalis by the Tamil Napoleon, East Indian tradition points quite otherwise. The Varendra School evidently accepts the overthrow of the Dravidians by the Pālas, as here and also in R. Chanda's Bengali work, *Gauḍa Rājamāla*. South Indian scholars, however, accept the overthrow of the Pālas and Vāngālas as a historical fact (cf. Aiyangar's *Ancient India*). Mookerji records the Tamil view on pp. 174-177 of his *Indian Shipping*. See also R. D. Banerji's *Memoir on the Pālas of Bengal* (Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1915).