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{{Infobox royalty
| reign = 1082–1124
| succession = [[Pala Empire|Pala Emperor]]
| predecessor = [[Shurapala II]]
| successor = [[Kumarapala (Pala king)|Kumarapala]]
| dynasty = [[Pala Empire|Pala]]
| father = [[Vigrahapala III]]
| spouse = Madanadevi<ref>{{cite journal|last=Verma|first=O.P.|title=Matrimonial alliances of Pala rulers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXZCAAAAYAAJ|journal=Indian History Congress: Proceedings of the twenty-fourth session|page=63|year=1963|location=Delhi}}</ref>
| religion = [[Buddhism]]
}}

'''Ramapala''' (reigned 1082–1124 AD) was the successor to the [[Pala Empire|Pala king]] [[Shurapala II]] in the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]], and fifteenth ruler of the Pala line.<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490507/Ramapala</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Chowdhury |first=AM |year=2012 |chapter=Pala Dynasty |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Pala_Dynasty |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

==Achievement==
[[File:Avalokiteshvara and Scenes from the Buddha's Life (a), Maitreya and Scenes from the Buddha's Life (b), Two Folios from a Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom) LACMA M.72.1.19a-b (1 of 4).jpg|thumb|800px|center|<center>[[Maitreya]] and scenes from the Buddha's life. Folios were probably from the Pala period under Ramapala.</center>]]
Rampala is recognised as the last great ruler of the dynasty, managing to restore much of the past glory of the [[Pala Emperor|Pala]] lineage. He crushed the [[Varendra Rebellion]] and extended his empire farther to [[Kamarupa]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] and Northern India. He was succeeded by [[Kumarapala (Pala king)|Kumarapala]]. According to Bengali legend he died by walking into the sea.<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490507/Ramapala</ref>
[[Sandhyakar Nandi]], the court poet of Ramapala wrote a [[Sanskrit]] two meaning base poem-like novel [[Ramacharitam]].

==Revival under Ramapala==
After gaining control of Varendra, Ramapala tried to revive the Pala empire with limited success. He ruled from a new capital at Ramavati, which remained the Pala capital until the dynasty's end. He reduced taxation, promoted cultivation and constructed public utilities. He brought [[Kamarupa]] and [[Rarh region|Rar]] under his control, and forced the Varman king of east Bengal to accept his suzerainty. He also struggled with the Ganga king for control of present-day [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]; the [[Eastern Ganga Dynasty|Ganga]]s managed to annex the region only after his death. Ramapala maintained friendly relations with the [[Chola]] king Kulottunga to secure support against the common enemies: the Ganas and the [[Chalukya]]s. He kept the [[Sena dynasty|Sen]]s in check, but lost Mithila to a Karnataka chief named Nanyuadeva. He also held back the aggressive design of the [[Gahadavala]] ruler [[Govindachandra (Gahadavala dynasty)|Govindachandra]] through a matrimonial alliance.<ref>name="Sailendra1999"</ref>

A circa 1100-1125 manuscript of [[Prajnaparamita#A.E1.B9.A3.E1.B9.ADas.C4.81hasrik.C4.81 Praj.C3.B1.C4.81p.C4.81ramit.C4.81|Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita]], now in [[LACM]],<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pal |first=Pratapaditya |date=1988 |title=A Forgotten Monastery of Ancient Bihar |journal=South Asian Studies |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=83-88 |doi=10.1080/02666030.1988.9628370}}</ref> was copied in the [[Kurkihar hoard|Kurkihar]] monastery during the rule of Ramapala.

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{s-start}}
{{succession box
| title = [[Pala Empire|Pala Emperor]]
| years = 1077–1130 CE
| before = [[Shurapala II]]
| after = [[Kumarapala of Bengal|Kumarapala]]
}}
{{s-end}}

[[Category:1130 deaths]]
[[Category:Pala kings]]
[[Category:Rulers of Bengal]]
[[Category:History of Bengal]]
[[Category:History of West Bengal]]
[[Category:History of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:History of Kolkata]]

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	\| dynasty = [[Pala Empire\|Pala]]		\| dynasty = [[Pala Empire\|Pala]]
	\| father = [[Vigrahapala III]]		\| father = [[Vigrahapala III]]
	\| spouse = Madanadevi<ref>{{cite journal\|last=Verma\|first=O.P.\|title=Matrimonial alliances of Pala rulers\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXZCAAAAYAAJ\|journal=Indian History Congress: Proceedings of the ~~twenty~~-fourth ~~session~~\|page=63\|year=1963\|location=Delhi}}</ref>		\| spouse = Madanadevi<ref>{{cite journal\|last=Verma\|first=O.P.\|title=Matrimonial alliances of Pala rulers\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXZCAAAAYAAJ\|journal=Indian History Congress: Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Session\|page=63\|year=1963\|location=Delhi}}</ref>
	\| religion = [[Buddhism]]		\| religion = [[Buddhism]]
	}}		}}

	'''Ramapala''' (reigned 1082–1124 AD) was the successor to the [[Pala Empire\|Pala king]] [[Shurapala II]] in the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]], and fifteenth ruler of the Pala line.<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490507/Ramapala</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last=Chowdhury \|first=AM \|year=2012 \|chapter=Pala Dynasty \|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Pala_Dynasty \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|editor2-last=Jamal \|editor2-first=Ahmed A. \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>		'''Ramapala''' (reigned 1082–1124 AD) was the successor to the [[Pala Empire\|Pala king]] [[Shurapala II]] in the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]], and fifteenth ruler of the Pala line.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490507/Ramapala\|title=Rāmapāla \| Pāla king}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last=Chowdhury \|first=AM \|year=2012 \|chapter=Pala Dynasty \|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Pala_Dynasty \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|editor2-last=Jamal \|editor2-first=Ahmed A. \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

	==Achievement==		==Achievement==
	[[File:Avalokiteshvara and Scenes from the Buddha's Life (a), Maitreya and Scenes from the Buddha's Life (b), Two Folios from a Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom) LACMA M.72.1.19a-b (1 of 4).jpg\|thumb\|800px\|center\|<center>[[Maitreya]] and scenes from the Buddha's life. Folios were probably from the Pala period under Ramapala.</center>]]		[[File:Avalokiteshvara and Scenes from the Buddha's Life (a), Maitreya and Scenes from the Buddha's Life (b), Two Folios from a Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom) LACMA M.72.1.19a-b (1 of 4).jpg\|thumb\|800px\|center\|<center>[[Maitreya]] and scenes from the Buddha's life. Folios were probably from the Pala period under Ramapala.</center>]]
	Rampala is recognised as the last great ruler of the dynasty, managing to restore much of the past glory of the [[Pala Emperor\|Pala]] lineage. He crushed the [[Varendra Rebellion]] and extended his empire farther to [[Kamarupa]], [[Orissa, India\|Orissa]] and Northern India. He was succeeded by [[Kumarapala (Pala king)\|Kumarapala]]. According to Bengali legend he died by walking into the sea.<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490507/Ramapala</ref>		Rampala is recognised as the last great ruler of the dynasty, managing to restore much of the past glory of the [[Pala Emperor\|Pala]] lineage. He crushed the [[Varendra Rebellion]] and extended his empire farther to [[Kamarupa]], [[Orissa, India\|Orissa]] and Northern India. He was succeeded by [[Kumarapala (Pala king)\|Kumarapala]]. According to Bengali legend he died by walking into the sea.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490507/Ramapala\|title=Rāmapāla \| Pāla king}}</ref>
	[[Sandhyakar Nandi]], the court poet of Ramapala wrote a [[Sanskrit]] two meaning base poem-like novel [[Ramacharitam]].		[[Sandhyakar Nandi]], the court poet of Ramapala wrote a [[Sanskrit]] two meaning base poem-like novel [[Ramacharitam]].

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	After gaining control of Varendra, Ramapala tried to revive the Pala empire with limited success. He ruled from a new capital at Ramavati, which remained the Pala capital until the dynasty's end. He reduced taxation, promoted cultivation and constructed public utilities. He brought [[Kamarupa]] and [[Rarh region\|Rar]] under his control, and forced the Varman king of east Bengal to accept his suzerainty. He also struggled with the Ganga king for control of present-day [[Orissa, India\|Orissa]]; the [[Eastern Ganga Dynasty\|Ganga]]s managed to annex the region only after his death. Ramapala maintained friendly relations with the [[Chola]] king Kulottunga to secure support against the common enemies: the Ganas and the [[Chalukya]]s. He kept the [[Sena dynasty\|Sen]]s in check, but lost Mithila to a Karnataka chief named Nanyuadeva. He also held back the aggressive design of the [[Gahadavala]] ruler [[Govindachandra (Gahadavala dynasty)\|Govindachandra]] through a matrimonial alliance.<ref>name="Sailendra1999"</ref>		After gaining control of Varendra, Ramapala tried to revive the Pala empire with limited success. He ruled from a new capital at Ramavati, which remained the Pala capital until the dynasty's end. He reduced taxation, promoted cultivation and constructed public utilities. He brought [[Kamarupa]] and [[Rarh region\|Rar]] under his control, and forced the Varman king of east Bengal to accept his suzerainty. He also struggled with the Ganga king for control of present-day [[Orissa, India\|Orissa]]; the [[Eastern Ganga Dynasty\|Ganga]]s managed to annex the region only after his death. Ramapala maintained friendly relations with the [[Chola]] king Kulottunga to secure support against the common enemies: the Ganas and the [[Chalukya]]s. He kept the [[Sena dynasty\|Sen]]s in check, but lost Mithila to a Karnataka chief named Nanyuadeva. He also held back the aggressive design of the [[Gahadavala]] ruler [[Govindachandra (Gahadavala dynasty)\|Govindachandra]] through a matrimonial alliance.<ref>name="Sailendra1999"</ref>

	A circa 1100-1125 manuscript of [[Prajnaparamita#A.E1.B9.A3.E1.B9.ADas.C4.81hasrik.C4.81 Praj.C3.B1.C4.81p.C4.81ramit.C4.81\|Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita]], now in [[LACM]],<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Pal \|first=Pratapaditya \|date=1988 \|title=A Forgotten Monastery of Ancient Bihar \|journal=South Asian Studies \|volume=4 \|issue=1 \|pages=~~83-88~~ \|doi=10.1080/02666030.1988.9628370}}</ref> was copied in the [[Kurkihar hoard\|Kurkihar]] monastery during the rule of Ramapala.		A circa 1100-1125 manuscript of [[Prajnaparamita#A.E1.B9.A3.E1.B9.ADas.C4.81hasrik.C4.81 Praj.C3.B1.C4.81p.C4.81ramit.C4.81\|Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita]], now in [[LACM]],<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Pal \|first=Pratapaditya \|date=1988 \|title=A Forgotten Monastery of Ancient Bihar \|journal=South Asian Studies \|volume=4 \|issue=1 \|pages=83–88 \|doi=10.1080/02666030.1988.9628370}}</ref> was copied in the [[Kurkihar hoard\|Kurkihar]] monastery during the rule of Ramapala.

	==See also==		==See also==

Ramapala - Revision history

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