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			{{Short description\|Pala Emperor from 839 to 854}}
			{{about\|King Mahendrapala of the Pala dynasty\|the Gurjara-Pratihara king\|Mahendrapala I}}
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	~~{{about\|King Mahendrapala of the Pala dynasty\|the Gurjara-Pratihara king\|Mahendrapala I}}~~
	{{Infobox royalty		{{Infobox royalty
	\|name = Mahendrapala		\| name = Mahendrapala
	\|image ~~= Indian Kanauj triangle map.svg~~		\| image =
	~~\|caption~~ = ~~Pala empire with neighbours~~		\| succession = [[Pala Empire\|Pala Emperor]]
	\|succession = [[Pala Empire\|Pala Emperor]]		\| predecessor = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]]
	\|predecessor = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]]		\| successor = [[Shurapala I]]
	\|successor = [[Shurapala I]]		\| dynasty = [[Pala Empire\|Pala]]
	\|dynasty = [[Pala Empire\|Pala]]		\| father = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]]
	\|father = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]]		\| mother = [[Mahata Devi]]
	\|mother = [[Mahata Devi]]		\| religion = [[Buddhism]]
	\|reign = ~~c. 854–860~~		\| reign = 839–854 CE
	}}		}}
	'''Mahendrapala''' (r. c. ~~854–860~~<ref>{{~~cite book~~ \|~~author~~=~~Dilip Kumar Ganguly~~ \|title=~~Ancient India~~, ~~History~~ and ~~Archaeology~~ \|url=https://~~books~~.~~google~~.~~com~~/~~books?id~~=~~N2tlKzxwhY8C&pg=PA41~~ \|~~year~~=~~1994~~ \|~~publisher~~=~~Abhinav~~ \|~~isbn~~=~~978-81-7017~~-~~304-5 \|page=41~~ }}</ref>) was the fourth king of the [[Pala empire\|Pala dynasty]] of the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. He was the son of [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]] and his queen Mahata.<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>		'''Mahendrapala''' (r. c. 839–854)<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Laha \|first=Gopal \|date=2017 \|title=Revised Genealogy, Chronology & Regnal Years of the Kings of the Pala Dynasty in the Light of the Latest Discoveries, Decipherment and Presentation (750-1200 A.d) \|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26906092 \|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress \|volume=78 \|pages=257 \|issn=2249-1937}}</ref> was the fourth king of the [[Pala empire\|Pala dynasty]] of the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. He was the son of [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]] and his queen [[Mahata Devi\|Mahata]].<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>
			{{Pala Empire}}

	==Reign==		==Reign==
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	Mahendrapala was succeeded by Shurapala I.<ref name="PareshAsok1991">{{cite book \| author1=Paresh Chandra Das Gupta \| author2=Asok Kumar Datta \| title=Studies in Archaeology: Papers Presented in Memory of P.C. Dasgupta \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQxuAAAAMAAJ \| date=1 January 1991 \| publisher=Books & Books \| isbn=978-81-85016-29-0}}</ref> According to the Jagjivanpur inscription, [[Shurapala I]] was Mahendrapala's younger brother and royal envoy.<ref name="NiharBraja2000">{{cite book \| author1=Niharranjan Ray \| author2=Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya \| title=A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zcyho16xzWEC&pg=PA623 \| date=1 January 2000 \| publisher=Orient Blackswan \| isbn=978-81-250-1871-1 \| pages=621–623}}</ref>		Mahendrapala was succeeded by Shurapala I.<ref name="PareshAsok1991">{{cite book \| author1=Paresh Chandra Das Gupta \| author2=Asok Kumar Datta \| title=Studies in Archaeology: Papers Presented in Memory of P.C. Dasgupta \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQxuAAAAMAAJ \| date=1 January 1991 \| publisher=Books & Books \| isbn=978-81-85016-29-0}}</ref> According to the Jagjivanpur inscription, [[Shurapala I]] was Mahendrapala's younger brother and royal envoy.<ref name="NiharBraja2000">{{cite book \| author1=Niharranjan Ray \| author2=Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya \| title=A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zcyho16xzWEC&pg=PA623 \| date=1 January 2000 \| publisher=Orient Blackswan \| isbn=978-81-250-1871-1 \| pages=621–623}}</ref>

	Mahendrapala appears to have retained the Pala control over Bengal and Bihar.<ref ~~name="NiharBraja2000"~~/>		Mahendrapala appears to have retained the Pala control over North Bengal and Bihar. He possibly carried out further campaigns against the Hunas and the Utkalas, and passed his empire intact to his younger brother and successor, [[Shurapala I]].<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>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

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	~~{{Succession box~~
	~~\| title = [[Pala Empire\|Pala Emperor]]~~
	~~\| years = 9th century~~
	~~\| before = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]]~~
	~~\| after = [[Shurapala I]]~~
	}}
	~~{{S-end}}~~

	[[Category:854 deaths]]		[[Category:854 deaths]]
	[[Category:Pala ~~kings]]~~		[[Category:Pala emperors]]
	~~[[Category:Rulers of Bengal~~]]
	[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]		[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
	[[Category:~~Year of death unknown~~]]		[[Category:Indian Buddhist monarchs]]


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	~~[[Category:Indian Buddhist monarchs]]~~

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	\|dynasty = [[Pala Empire\|Pala]]		\|dynasty = [[Pala Empire\|Pala]]
	\|father = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]]		\|father = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]]
	\|mother = Mahata Devi		\|mother = [[Mahata Devi]]
	\|reign = c. 854–860		\|reign = c. 854–860
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	\|father = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]]		\|father = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]]
	\|mother = Mahata Devi		\|mother = Mahata Devi
	\|reign = c. ~~854-860~~		\|reign = c. 854–860
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	'''Mahendrapala''' (r. c. ~~854-860~~<ref>{{cite book \|author=Dilip Kumar Ganguly \|title=Ancient India, History and Archaeology \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2tlKzxwhY8C&pg=PA41 \|year=1994 \|publisher=Abhinav \|isbn=978-81-7017-304-5 \|page=41 }}</ref>) was the fourth king of the [[Pala empire\|Pala dynasty]] of the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. He was the son of [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]] and his queen Mahata.<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>		'''Mahendrapala''' (r. c. 854–860<ref>{{cite book \|author=Dilip Kumar Ganguly \|title=Ancient India, History and Archaeology \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2tlKzxwhY8C&pg=PA41 \|year=1994 \|publisher=Abhinav \|isbn=978-81-7017-304-5 \|page=41 }}</ref>) was the fourth king of the [[Pala empire\|Pala dynasty]] of the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. He was the son of [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)\|Devapala]] and his queen Mahata.<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>

			==Reign==
			[[File:Copper plate inscription of Mahendra Pala (2)- State Archaeological Museum in West Bengal- 1, Satyen Roy Rd, Auddy Bagan Basti, Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700034- First Floor- Nandadirghi Vihara, Jagjivanpur Gallery.jpg\|thumb\|Copper plate inscription of Mahendrapala, at the [[State Archaeological Museum]] in Kolkata.]]
	Mahendrapala has been mentioned in some Pala records, but earlier, the historians used to believe that these mentions referred to the [[Gurjara-Pratihara]] king [[Mahendrapala I]]. However, the discovery of the [[Jagjivanpur#Artifacts\|Jagjivanpur]] copper plate charter issued by Mahendrapala made it clear that he was a distinct Pala emperor, who succeeded Devapala.<ref name="Debala1991">{{cite book \| author1=Debala Mitra \| author2=Gouriswar Bhattacharya \| title=Akṣayanīvī: Essays Presented to Dr. Debala Mitra in Admiration of Her Scholarly Contributions \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hu1tAAAAMAAJ \| year=1991 \| publisher=Sri Satguru Publications \| isbn=978-81-7030-275-9}}</ref> The charter, issued in the 7th year of Mahendrapala's reign (believed to be 854 CE), mentions the construction of a monastery at Nandadirghika Udranga by Mahendrapala's ''[[senapati\|mahasenapati]]'' ("great general") Vajradeva.<ref>[http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=4,1674,0,0,1,0#.Ux-qxfldW5I Bengal museum to reconstruct excavated Buddhist site]</ref> The grant is dated in his 7th regnal year and issued from the Kuddalakhataka ''jayaskandhavara'' (the camp of victory).<ref name="ica">{{cite web\|url=http://www.tathyabangla.org.in/public/i_cadeprt/archeology/arch3.asp \|title=Jagjivanpur, A newly discovered Buddhist site in west Bengal \|publisher=Information & Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal website \|accessdate=2009-10-18 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809033739/http://www.tathyabangla.org.in/public/i_cadeprt/archeology/arch3.asp \|archivedate=August 9, 2009 }}</ref>		Mahendrapala has been mentioned in some Pala records, but earlier, the historians used to believe that these mentions referred to the [[Gurjara-Pratihara]] king [[Mahendrapala I]]. However, the discovery of the [[Jagjivanpur#Artifacts\|Jagjivanpur]] copper plate charter issued by Mahendrapala made it clear that he was a distinct Pala emperor, who succeeded Devapala.<ref name="Debala1991">{{cite book \| author1=Debala Mitra \| author2=Gouriswar Bhattacharya \| title=Akṣayanīvī: Essays Presented to Dr. Debala Mitra in Admiration of Her Scholarly Contributions \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hu1tAAAAMAAJ \| year=1991 \| publisher=Sri Satguru Publications \| isbn=978-81-7030-275-9}}</ref> The charter, issued in the 7th year of Mahendrapala's reign (believed to be 854 CE), mentions the construction of a monastery at Nandadirghika Udranga by Mahendrapala's ''[[senapati\|mahasenapati]]'' ("great general") Vajradeva.<ref>[http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=4,1674,0,0,1,0#.Ux-qxfldW5I Bengal museum to reconstruct excavated Buddhist site]</ref> The grant is dated in his 7th regnal year and issued from the Kuddalakhataka ''jayaskandhavara'' (the camp of victory).<ref name="ica">{{cite web\|url=http://www.tathyabangla.org.in/public/i_cadeprt/archeology/arch3.asp \|title=Jagjivanpur, A newly discovered Buddhist site in west Bengal \|publisher=Information & Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal website \|accessdate=2009-10-18 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809033739/http://www.tathyabangla.org.in/public/i_cadeprt/archeology/arch3.asp \|archivedate=August 9, 2009 }}</ref>

>MS Sakib at 18:44, 21 July 2020

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{{about|King Mahendrapala of the Pala dynasty|the Gurjara-Pratihara king|Mahendrapala I}}
{{Infobox royalty
|name = Mahendrapala
|image = Indian Kanauj triangle map.svg
|caption = Pala empire with neighbours
|succession = [[Pala Empire|Pala Emperor]]
|predecessor = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)|Devapala]]
|successor = [[Shurapala I]]
|dynasty = [[Pala Empire|Pala]]
|father = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)|Devapala]]
|mother = Mahata Devi
|reign = c. 854-860
}}
'''Mahendrapala''' (r. c. 854-860<ref>{{cite book |author=Dilip Kumar Ganguly |title=Ancient India, History and Archaeology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2tlKzxwhY8C&pg=PA41 |year=1994 |publisher=Abhinav |isbn=978-81-7017-304-5 |page=41 }}</ref>) was the fourth king of the [[Pala empire|Pala dynasty]] of the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. He was the son of [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)|Devapala]] and his queen Mahata.<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>

Mahendrapala has been mentioned in some Pala records, but earlier, the historians used to believe that these mentions referred to the [[Gurjara-Pratihara]] king [[Mahendrapala I]]. However, the discovery of the [[Jagjivanpur#Artifacts|Jagjivanpur]] copper plate charter issued by Mahendrapala made it clear that he was a distinct Pala emperor, who succeeded Devapala.<ref name="Debala1991">{{cite book | author1=Debala Mitra | author2=Gouriswar Bhattacharya | title=Akṣayanīvī: Essays Presented to Dr. Debala Mitra in Admiration of Her Scholarly Contributions | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hu1tAAAAMAAJ | year=1991 | publisher=Sri Satguru Publications | isbn=978-81-7030-275-9}}</ref> The charter, issued in the 7th year of Mahendrapala's reign (believed to be 854 CE), mentions the construction of a monastery at Nandadirghika Udranga by Mahendrapala's ''[[senapati|mahasenapati]]'' ("great general") Vajradeva.<ref>[http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=4,1674,0,0,1,0#.Ux-qxfldW5I Bengal museum to reconstruct excavated Buddhist site]</ref> The grant is dated in his 7th regnal year and issued from the Kuddalakhataka ''jayaskandhavara'' (the camp of victory).<ref name="ica">{{cite web|url=http://www.tathyabangla.org.in/public/i_cadeprt/archeology/arch3.asp |title=Jagjivanpur, A newly discovered Buddhist site in west Bengal |publisher=Information & Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal website |accessdate=2009-10-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809033739/http://www.tathyabangla.org.in/public/i_cadeprt/archeology/arch3.asp |archivedate=August 9, 2009 }}</ref>

Mahendrapala was succeeded by Shurapala I.<ref name="PareshAsok1991">{{cite book | author1=Paresh Chandra Das Gupta | author2=Asok Kumar Datta | title=Studies in Archaeology: Papers Presented in Memory of P.C. Dasgupta | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQxuAAAAMAAJ | date=1 January 1991 | publisher=Books & Books | isbn=978-81-85016-29-0}}</ref> According to the Jagjivanpur inscription, [[Shurapala I]] was Mahendrapala's younger brother and royal envoy.<ref name="NiharBraja2000">{{cite book | author1=Niharranjan Ray | author2=Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya | title=A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zcyho16xzWEC&pg=PA623 | date=1 January 2000 | publisher=Orient Blackswan | isbn=978-81-250-1871-1 | pages=621–623}}</ref>

Mahendrapala appears to have retained the Pala control over Bengal and Bihar.<ref name="NiharBraja2000"/>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| title = [[Pala Empire|Pala Emperor]]
| years = 9th century
| before = [[Devapala (Pala dynasty)|Devapala]]
| after = [[Shurapala I]]
}}
{{S-end}}

[[Category:854 deaths]]
[[Category:Pala kings]]
[[Category:Rulers of Bengal]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
[[Category:Year of death unknown]]

{{India-royal-stub}}
[[Category:Indian Buddhist monarchs]]