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	'''Mahata Devi''' was the empress consort of [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]], the greatest emperor of [[Pala Dynasty\|Pala dynasty]]. Her father was [[Durlabharaja I]] of [[Chahamanas of Shakambhari\|Chahamana dynasty]].<ref>Bhattacharya, Suresh Chandra, ''Pāla Kings in the Badal Praśasti — A Stock-Taking'', Journal of Ancient Indian History, University of Calcutta, [https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/calcutta-university/departmental-journals/H00405.pdf Vol. XXIV], 2007-08, pp. 73-82.</ref>		'''Mahata Devi''' was the empress consort of [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]], the greatest emperor of [[Pala Dynasty\|Pala dynasty]]. Her father was [[Durlabharaja I]] of [[Chahamanas of Shakambhari\|Chahamana dynasty]].<ref>Bhattacharya, Suresh Chandra, ''Pāla Kings in the Badal Praśasti — A Stock-Taking'', Journal of Ancient Indian History, University of Calcutta, [https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/calcutta-university/departmental-journals/H00405.pdf Vol. XXIV], 2007-08, pp. 73-82.</ref>

	Mahata Devi probably resided near Jagajjivanpur in [[West Bengal]], the place where her son [[Mahendrapala]]'s copperplate was discovered. The place is still known as 'Rajar Mayer Bari', meaning 'House of the King's mother.'' <ref name="SKTiwari2001">{{cite book \| title=Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India: Professor S.K. Tiwari Felicitation Volume \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUwFL3IipK0C&pg=PA239 \| year= 2001 \| publisher=Sarup & Sons \| isbn=978-81-7625-186-0 \| page=239 }}</ref>		Mahata Devi probably resided near Jagajjivanpur in [[West Bengal]], the place where her son [[Mahendrapala]]'s copperplate was discovered. The place is still known as 'Rajar Mayer Bari', meaning 'House of the King's mother.'' <ref name="SKTiwari2001">{{cite book \| title=Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India: Professor S.K. Tiwari Felicitation Volume \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUwFL3IipK0C&pg=PA239 \| year= 2001 \| publisher=Sarup & Sons \| isbn=978-81-7625-186-0 \| page=239 }}</ref>''

	Mahata Devi outlived her husband and elder son. She was alive at least until 863, the 3rd regnal year of her younger son [[Shurapala I]], when she set up a ''[[Shivalingam]]'' at the celebrated temple of Mahateswara at Varansi, which indicates she was a devout Shaivite despite being married into a Buddhist dynasty. She also gifted two villages to [[Brahmin]]s, from which it is evident that she had access to sizable land property.<ref>{{cite journal \| url=https://www.academia.edu/35399267 \| title=In the king's shadow: Petitioner-donors of eighth–ninth century Pāla copper plate land grant charters \| journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review \| year=2017 \| volume=54 \| issue=4 \| page=457 \| last1=Datta \| first1=Sanjukta \| doi=10.1177/0019464617728223 \| s2cid=149334967 }}</ref>		Mahata Devi outlived her husband and elder son. She was alive at least until 863, the 3rd regnal year of her younger son [[Shurapala I]], when she set up a ''[[Shivalingam]]'' at the celebrated temple of Mahateswara at Varansi, which indicates she was a devout Shaivite despite being married into a Buddhist dynasty. She also gifted two villages to [[Brahmin]]s, from which it is evident that she had access to sizable land property.<ref>{{cite journal \| url=https://www.academia.edu/35399267 \| title=In the king's shadow: Petitioner-donors of eighth–ninth century Pāla copper plate land grant charters \| journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review \| year=2017 \| volume=54 \| issue=4 \| page=457 \| last1=Datta \| first1=Sanjukta \| doi=10.1177/0019464617728223 \| s2cid=149334967 }}</ref>

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|name = Mahata Devi
|succession1 = Empress consort of [[Pala Empire]]
|predecessor1 = Rannadevi
|successor1 = Manikyadevi
|reign1 = Early 9th century-845
|succession2 = Queen Dowager
|reign2 = 845-863
|monarch = Mahendrapala <br /> Shurapala I
|dynasty = [[Chahamanas of Shakambhari]]
|father = [[Durlabharaja I]]
|consort = Devapala
|issue = [[Mahendrapala]] <br />[[Shurapala I]]
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'''Mahata Devi''' was the empress consort of [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)|Devapala]], the greatest emperor of [[Pala Dynasty|Pala dynasty]]. Her father was [[Durlabharaja I]] of [[Chahamanas of Shakambhari|Chahamana dynasty]].<ref>Bhattacharya, Suresh Chandra, ''Pāla Kings in the Badal Praśasti — A Stock-Taking'', Journal of Ancient Indian History, University of Calcutta, [https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/calcutta-university/departmental-journals/H00405.pdf Vol. XXIV], 2007-08, pp. 73-82.</ref>

Mahata Devi probably resided near Jagajjivanpur in [[West Bengal]], the place where her son [[Mahendrapala]]'s copperplate was discovered. The place is still known as 'Rajar Mayer Bari', meaning 'House of the King's mother.'' <ref name="SKTiwari2001">{{cite book | title=Dimensions of Human Cultures in Central India: Professor S.K. Tiwari Felicitation Volume | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUwFL3IipK0C&pg=PA239 | year= 2001 | publisher=Sarup & Sons | isbn=978-81-7625-186-0 | page=239 }}</ref>

Mahata Devi outlived her husband and elder son. She was alive at least until 863, the 3rd regnal year of her younger son [[Shurapala I]], when she set up a ''[[Shivalingam]]'' at the celebrated temple of Mahateswara at Varansi, which indicates she was a devout Shaivite despite being married into a Buddhist dynasty. She also gifted two villages to [[Brahmin]]s, from which it is evident that she had access to sizable land property.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.academia.edu/35399267 | title=In the king's shadow: Petitioner-donors of eighth–ninth century Pāla copper plate land grant charters | journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review | year=2017 | volume=54 | issue=4 | page=457 | last1=Datta | first1=Sanjukta | doi=10.1177/0019464617728223 | s2cid=149334967 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of rulers of Bengal]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:863 deaths]]
[[Category:Pala kings]]

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