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In 1809, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton spoke of the ruins of Dharma Pala's city near Dimla in Rangpur district of Bangladesh, about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Teesta River and regarded the King as belonging to Pala Dynasty of Kamarupa. There is a belief that Dharmapala did build a city in the western fringe of his domain.
Dharmapala [a] was the second Pala emperor of Bengal in the Indian subcontinent.He was the son and successor of Gopala, the founder of the Pala dynasty.Dharmapala was mentioned as the King of Vangala (Vangapati) in the Nesari plates (dated 805 AD) of Rashtrakuta dynasty. [6]
Tibetan Lama Taranatha in his History of Buddhism in India described that Gopala was born of the seed of a certain tree-god from the womb of a kshatriya woman. Niharranjan Ray mentions that this story is connected with totemic lore, and it is a reflection of the society outside of Puranic Brahmanism. [27]
Dharmapāla (traditional Chinese: 護法, pinyin: Hùfǎ) (530–561 CE).A Buddhist scholar, he was one of the main teachers of the Yogacara school in India. He was a contemporary of Bhavaviveka (清辯, c. 490-570 CE.), with whom he debated.
The history of Assam is the history of a confluence of people from the east, west, ... Dharma Pala (1035–1060 CE) Jaya Pala (1075–1100 CE) Medieval Period (c ...
Devapala was the third king in the line, and had succeeded his father Dharamapala. [4] His mother was Rannadevi, a Rashtrakuta princess. [5]: 178 Earlier historians considered Devapala as a nephew of Dharmapala, based on the Bhagalpur copper plate of Narayanapala, which mentions Devapala as Jayapala's purvajabhrata (interpreted as "elder brother").
A dharmapāla [a] is a type of wrathful god in Buddhism. The name means "dharma protector" in Sanskrit, and the dharmapālas are also known as the Defenders of the Justice (Dharma), or the Guardians of the Law. There are two kinds of dharmapala, Worldly Guardians and Wisdom Protectors (jnanapala). Only Wisdom Protectors are enlightened beings.
Harsha Pala was son of Go Pala, the ruler of Pala Dynasty of Kamarupa Kingdom and Queen Nayana. He ruled for the period 1015-1035 A.D. [1] Copper plate description of Dharma Pala states that famous and spirited king Go Pala had a wife of the name of Nayana of noble reputation. She bore a son the illustrious Harsha Pala who was like the lamp of ...