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	\| succession = ~~7th~~ [[~~Gurjara-Pratihara~~]] ~~king~~		\| title = Parameshvara <br> Parama-bhattaraka <br> [[King of Kings\|Maharajadhiraja]] <br> [[Kannauj\|King of Kanyakubja]] <br> Raghukula-Chudamani
	\| reign = {{circa\|885\|910}}		\| succession = [[King of Kings ]]of [[Āryāvarta]]<br>King of Kannauj
	\| predecessor = [[Mihira Bhoja]]		\| reign = {{circa\|885\|910}}
	\| successor = [[Bhoja II (Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty)\|Bhoja II]]		\| predecessor = [[Mihira Bhoja]]
	\| father = [[Mihira Bhoja]]		\| successor = [[Bhoja II (Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty)\|Bhoja II]]
			\| spouse-type = Consorts
			\| spouse = Dehanaga-Devi <br> Mahidevi
			\| issue = [[Bhoja II (Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty)\|Bhoja II]]
			\| father = [[Mihira Bhoja]]
			\| mother = Candra-Bhattarika-Devi
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	'''Mahendrapala I''' (~~885–910~~) was ~~a kshatriya ruler~~ of [[~~Gurjara~~-Pratihara dynasty]]~~, the son of~~ [[~~Mihir Bhoja I~~]] ~~and queen ''Candra-Bhatta-Rika-Devi''~~. He ~~was~~ also mentioned on various inscriptions in Kathiawar, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh by names ''Mahindrapala'', ''Mahendrayudha'', ''Mahisapaladeva'', and also ''Nirbhayaraja'' and ''~~Nirbhayanarendra~~'' in the plays of [[Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)\|Rajasekhara]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest\|author=Rama Shankar Tripathi\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass\|year=1989\|~~ISBN~~=978-81-208-0404-3 \|page=248 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Tnh2QjGhMQC&pg=PA248~~&dq~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite book		'''Mahendrapala I''' ([[IAST]]: Mahendrapāla; r. 885 – 910) was the [[Emperor ]]of [[Aryavarta]] (ancient name for India, {{lit\|Land of the (Indo-)Aryans}}) and King of Kannauj from 885 until his death in 910 and member of the [[Pratihara dynasty]]. He reigned over a vast empire in northern [[India]]. He is also mentioned on various inscriptions found in present-day Kathiawar, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh by the names ''Mahindrapala'', ''Mahendrayudha'', ''Mahisapaladeva'', and also ''Nirbhayaraja'', ''Nirbhayanarendra'' and ''[[Suryavamsa\|Raghukula]]-tilaka'' in the plays of his [[guru]] [[Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)\|Rajasekhara]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=The History of the Gurjara-Pratihāras\|author=Baji Nath Puri\|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers\|year=1986\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=orAJAQAAIAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest\|author=Rama Shankar Tripathi\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass\|year=1989\|isbn=978-81-208-0404-3 \|page=248 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Tnh2QjGhMQC&pg=PA248}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
	\| title =History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D.		\| title =History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D.
	\| author = Radhey Shyam Chaurasia		\| author = Radhey Shyam Chaurasia
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	\| year =2002		\| year =2002
	\| page =208		\| page =208
	\| ~~ISBN~~ = 978-81-269-0027-5		\| isbn = 978-81-269-0027-5
	\| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=cWmsQQ2smXIC&pg=PA208~~&dq~~}}</ref>		\| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=cWmsQQ2smXIC&pg=PA208}}</ref>

	==Reign==		==Reign==
	~~Inscriptions discovered at Ramgaya, opposite the Gadadhar temple at~~ [[~~Gaya, India\|Gaya~~]]~~, at Guneria in the southern part of the~~ [[~~Gaya district\|Gaya~~]] ~~district, at Itkhori in the~~ [[~~Hazaribagh district~~]] of ~~[[Bihar]] and at Paharpur~~ in ~~the~~ northern ~~part~~ of ~~the [[Rajshahi]] district~~ of ~~[[Bengal]], describe his reign~~.		[[Rajasekhara]] called Mahendrapala as "[[Maharajadhiraja]] of [[Aryavarta]]" ({{lit\|King Emperor of Northern India}}) indicating his imperial status in northern India.<ref>{{cite book\|quote=Rajasekhara called Mahendrapala as Maharajadhiraja of Aryavarta or King Emperor of Northern India.\|author=V.D. Mahajan\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7TJlDwAAQBAJ\|title=Ancient India\|page=489\|publisher=S. Chand \|isbn=978-93-5253-132-5 }}</ref>

	The ~~greater part~~ of ~~[[Magadha]] up~~ to ~~even northern [[Bengal]]~~ had ~~come under~~ the ~~suzerainty of the monarch Mahendrapala I~~.<ref name=~~Sen>Sen, S.N., 2013, A Textbook~~ of ~~Medieval Indian History, Delhi: Primus Books, {{ISBN\|9789380607344}}<~~/~~ref~~>~~{{rp\|21}}~~		Bhoja is thought to have died around A.D. 885, and his son Mahendrapala I succeeded him. The earliest record of Mahendrapala dates to A.D. 893. There is an unclear verse in a work called Rdjatarangvn, that hints he may have lost some land in the Punjab—a territory his father had gained—to a Kashmiri king named Sahkaravarman. Other than that uncertain detail, Mahendrapala kept the large empire he inherited and even pushed its borders further east.<ref name="Majumdar Age of Imperial Kanauj"/>

	In north ~~his authority was extended up~~ to the ~~foot~~ of the [[~~Himalaya~~]]s. [[~~Gwalior~~]] ~~was also~~ under ~~his control as~~ the ~~Siyadoni inscription mentions him ''~~the ~~ruling sovereign in 903 and 907 A~~.D.''. ~~Thus~~, ~~he retained~~ the ~~empire transmitted to him by his father Mihir Bhoja and also added some part~~ of [[~~Bengal]] by defeating [[Pala Empire\|Palas~~]].<ref>{{cite book\|~~title~~=~~History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest~~\|~~author~~=~~Rama Shankar Tripathi~~\|~~publisher~~=~~Motilal Banarsidass\|year=1989\|ISBN=978-81-208-0404-3\|pages=248–254~~\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=~~2Tnh2QjGhMQC&pg~~=~~PA248&dq~~}}</ref>		According to historian R.C. Majumdar, the empire of Mahendrapala I stretched from the Himalayan region in the north to the [[Vindhya\|Vindhya range]] in the south, and from the eastern coast to the western sea.<ref name="Majumdar Age of Imperial Kanauj">{{cite book \|last=Majumdar \|first=R. C. \|title=The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Age of Imperial Kanauj \|year=2009 \|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan \|location=Mumbai \|isbn= \|page=33}}</ref> Earlier it was thought that the greater part of [[Magadha]] and even the parts of [[North Bengal]] had come under the suzerainty of the emperor Mahendrapal I.<ref name="Sen">Sen, S.N., 2013, A Textbook of Medieval Indian History, Delhi: Primus Books, {{ISBN\|9789380607344}}</ref>{{Reference page\|page=21}} However, that theory has been debunked due to the discovery of a Pala king named [[Mahendrapala]] , whose inscriptions were mistakenly attributed to his Gurjara namesake.<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>

	In [[~~Dinajpur~~]] ~~an inscription pillar of Mahendrapala has been found. A prosperous village on the bank of river Srimati is called Pratirajpur~~.<ref~~>The Archaeological report~~ of ~~dinajpur.<~~/~~ref~~>
			Mahendrapala’s name appears in several forms, including Mahindrapala and Mahendrayudha, and he was also known by titles such as Nirbhaya-narendra or Nirbhayaraja. His spiritual teacher, Rajaiekhara, was a well-known figure in Indian literature. Although Rajaiekhara's writings do not provide many details about Mahendrapala’s life or character, they clearly celebrate the magnificence of the imperial city of [[Kanauj]].<ref name="Majumdar Age of Imperial Kanauj" />

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	'''Mahendrapala I''' (885–910) was a ruler of ~~the~~ [[~~Gurjara Pratihara\|~~Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty]], the son of [[Mihir Bhoja I]] and queen ''Candra-Bhatta-Rika-Devi''. He was also mentioned on various inscriptions in Kathiawar, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh by names ''Mahindrapala'', ''Mahendrayudha'', ''Mahisapaladeva'', and also ''Nirbhayaraja'' and ''Nirbhayanarendra'' in the plays of [[Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)\|Rajasekhara]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest\|author=Rama Shankar Tripathi\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass\|year=1989\|ISBN=978-81-208-0404-3 \|page=248 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Tnh2QjGhMQC&pg=PA248&dq}}</ref><ref>{{cite book		'''Mahendrapala I''' (885–910) was a kshatriya ruler of [[Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty]], the son of [[Mihir Bhoja I]] and queen ''Candra-Bhatta-Rika-Devi''. He was also mentioned on various inscriptions in Kathiawar, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh by names ''Mahindrapala'', ''Mahendrayudha'', ''Mahisapaladeva'', and also ''Nirbhayaraja'' and ''Nirbhayanarendra'' in the plays of [[Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)\|Rajasekhara]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest\|author=Rama Shankar Tripathi\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass\|year=1989\|ISBN=978-81-208-0404-3 \|page=248 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Tnh2QjGhMQC&pg=PA248&dq}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
	\| title =History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D.		\| title =History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D.
	\| author = Radhey Shyam Chaurasia		\| author = Radhey Shyam Chaurasia

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{{about|the emperor of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty|the Pala dynasty emperor|Mahendrapala}}
{{short description|Indian monarch}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox royalty
| succession = 7th [[Gurjara-Pratihara]] king
| reign = {{circa|885|910}}
| predecessor = [[Mihira Bhoja]]
| successor = [[Bhoja II (Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty)|Bhoja II]]
| father = [[Mihira Bhoja]]
}}
'''Mahendrapala I''' (885–910) was a ruler of the [[Gurjara Pratihara|Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty]], the son of [[Mihir Bhoja I]] and queen ''Candra-Bhatta-Rika-Devi''. He was also mentioned on various inscriptions in Kathiawar, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh by names ''Mahindrapala'', ''Mahendrayudha'', ''Mahisapaladeva'', and also ''Nirbhayaraja'' and ''Nirbhayanarendra'' in the plays of [[Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)|Rajasekhara]].<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest|author=Rama Shankar Tripathi|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1989|ISBN=978-81-208-0404-3 |page=248 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Tnh2QjGhMQC&pg=PA248&dq}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| title =History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D.
| author = Radhey Shyam Chaurasia
| publisher =Atlantic Publishers & Distributors
| year =2002
| page =208
| ISBN = 978-81-269-0027-5
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=cWmsQQ2smXIC&pg=PA208&dq}}</ref>

==Reign==
Inscriptions discovered at Ramgaya, opposite the Gadadhar temple at [[Gaya, India|Gaya]], at Guneria in the southern part of the [[Gaya district|Gaya]] district, at Itkhori in the [[Hazaribagh district]] of [[Bihar]] and at Paharpur in the northern part of the [[Rajshahi]] district of [[Bengal]], describe his reign.

The greater part of [[Magadha]] up to even northern [[Bengal]] had come under the suzerainty of the monarch Mahendrapala I.<ref name=Sen>Sen, S.N., 2013, A Textbook of Medieval Indian History, Delhi: Primus Books, {{ISBN|9789380607344}}</ref>{{rp|21}}

In north his authority was extended up to the foot of the [[Himalaya]]s. [[Gwalior]] was also under his control as the Siyadoni inscription mentions him ''the ruling sovereign in 903 and 907 A.D.''. Thus, he retained the empire transmitted to him by his father Mihir Bhoja and also added some part of [[Bengal]] by defeating [[Pala Empire|Palas]].<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Kanauj: To the Moslem Conquest|author=Rama Shankar Tripathi|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1989|ISBN=978-81-208-0404-3|pages=248–254|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Tnh2QjGhMQC&pg=PA248&dq}}</ref>

In [[Dinajpur]] an inscription pillar of Mahendrapala has been found. A prosperous village on the bank of river Srimati is called Pratirajpur.<ref>The Archaeological report of dinajpur.</ref>

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| title = [[Pratihara|Gurjara Pratihara Emperor]]
| years =890–910
| before =[[Mihira Bhoja]] (835–890)
| after =[[Bhoja II (Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty)|Bhoja II]] (910–913)
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