Indra Pala (ruled 960–990) was ruler of

Pala Dynasty The Pāla Empire was the empire ruled by the Pala dynasty, ("protector" in Sanskrit) a medieval Indian dynasty which ruled the kingdom of Gauda. The empire was founded with the election of Gopāla by the chiefs of Gauda in late eighth centu ...

(900–1100) of

Kamarupa Kamarupa (; also called Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa), an early state during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, was (along with Davaka) the first historical kingdom of Assam. The Kamrupa word first appeared in the ...

Kingdom.

Ratna Pala Ratna Pala (reigned 920-960) was the son of Brahma Pala in Pala dynasty (Kamarupa), Pala Dynasty (900–1100) of Kamarupa Kingdom. He was succeeded by his grandson Indra Pala. The Gachtal plates of Go Pala have thrown fresh light on the achieve ...

's son, Purandera Pala, predeceased him, and thus the later's son, Indra Pala, his grandson became successor. He issued two copper plate grants in 8th year (

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plates) and 28th year ( Guwakuchi plates) of his reign. In these records the king is adorned in grandiose epithets. The epithet

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(descendant of the Boar incarnation of Vishnu) is applied for the first time to Pragjyotisha king who is also described as Prachi-Pradipa (the light of the east) and a past master of grammar (Pada), Vakya (Mimamsa), logic (Tarka), and Tantra. The donee of Guwakuchi grant belongs to Deva family, which is now a non-Brahminical cognomen in Bengal. His family belonged to Vai village in the land called Savathi (Sanskrit, Sravasti); same as the modern Baigram near Hili railway station in

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of Bangladesh. The area was formerly known as Pahuni yojana which later came to be known as Sravasti, apparently, because a larger number of Brahmins had settled there from Sravasti, a well-known ancient centre of learning in UP. It was also the capital of old Kosala Janapada and an early centre of Buddhism and was situated at the site of modern Set-Mahet on the border of Gonda and Bahraich districts. A unique and interesting feature of Guwakuchi grant is that after the details of gift land, there is enumeration of no less than 32 names of the Paramesvara i.e., the reigning monarch. Some of the serials are given here (1) Kirti-Kamalini-Martanda (He who is like Martanda causing the lotuses embodying fame to bloom) (6) Arasika-Bhima, (28) Medini-Tilaka (

tilaka In Hinduism, the tilaka (), colloquially known as a tika, is a mark worn usually on the forehead, at the point of the Ajna, ''ajna chakra'' (third eye or spiritual eye) and sometimes other parts of the body such as the neck, hand, chest, or the ...

of the earth), (31) Turanga-Revanta (

Revanta Revanta or Raivata (Sanskrit: रेवन्त, lit. "brilliant") is a minor Hinduism, Hindu deity. According to the ''Rig-Veda'', Revanta is the youngest son of the sun-god Surya, and his wife Saranyu. Revanta is chief of the Guhyakas, supern ...

among the horses), (32) Haragirija-Charana-Pankaja-Rajo-Ranjitottamanga (He whose head is bedecked with the dust from the lotus-feet of Shiva & Parvati). Indra Pala who was addicted more to study than to war, was succeeded by his son Go Pala (990-1015 AD) and the latter by his son Harsha Pala. Earlier there was no information about these two rulers, but copper plate grant issued by Go Pala and found at Gachtal, near Doboka in

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, has changed it all.

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