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Badal Pillar inscription of a later Pala king [[Narayanapala]] states that Devpala's empire extended up to the Vindhyas, the [[Himalayas]], and the two oceans (presumably the [[Arabian Sea]] and the [[Bay of Bengal]]). It also claims that Devapala exterminated the [[Utkala Kingdom|Utkalas]] (present-day Orissa), conquered the Pragjyotisha ([[Assam]]), shattered the pride of the [[Hunas]], humbled the lords of Gurjara and the [[Dravidian people|Dravidas]].<ref name=MajumdarPusalkar>History and Culture of Indian People, The Age of Imperial Kanauj, 1964, p. 50, 55, 56, R. C. Majumdar, A. D. Pusalkar.</ref><ref>Badal Pillar Inscription, verse 5, Epigraphia Indica, II p 160.</ref> These claims are exaggerated, but cannot be dismissed entirely: the neighbouring kingdoms of Rashtrakutas and the Gurjara-Pratiharas were weak at the time, and may have been subdued by Devapala.<ref name="Sinha1977"/><ref name=Sen>{{cite book |author=Sailendra Nath Sen |year=2013 |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |page=20 |isbn=978-93-80607-34-4}}</ref> | Badal Pillar inscription of a later Pala king [[Narayanapala]] states that Devpala's empire extended up to the Vindhyas, the [[Himalayas]], and the two oceans (presumably the [[Arabian Sea]] and the [[Bay of Bengal]]). It also claims that Devapala exterminated the [[Utkala Kingdom|Utkalas]] (present-day Orissa), conquered the Pragjyotisha ([[Assam]]), shattered the pride of the [[Hunas]], humbled the lords of Gurjara and the [[Dravidian people|Dravidas]].<ref name=MajumdarPusalkar>History and Culture of Indian People, The Age of Imperial Kanauj, 1964, p. 50, 55, 56, R. C. Majumdar, A. D. Pusalkar.</ref><ref>Badal Pillar Inscription, verse 5, Epigraphia Indica, II p 160.</ref> These claims are exaggerated, but cannot be dismissed entirely: the neighbouring kingdoms of Rashtrakutas and the Gurjara-Pratiharas were weak at the time, and may have been subdued by Devapala.<ref name="Sinha1977"/><ref name=Sen>{{cite book |author=Sailendra Nath Sen |year=2013 |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |page=20 |isbn=978-93-80607-34-4}}</ref> | ||
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=== Conquests in Eastern India === | |||
Devapala launched military campaigns under his cousin and his general Jayapala, who was the son of Dharmapala's younger brother Vakpala.<ref>Badal Pillar Inscription, verse 13, [[Epigraphia Indica]] II, p 160; Bhagalpur Charter of Narayanapala, year 17, verse 6, ''[[The Indian Antiquary]]'', XV p 304.</ref> These expeditions resulted in the invasion of Pragjyotisha (present-day Assam) where the king submitted without giving a fight and Utkala (present-day Odisha) whose ruler fled from his capital city.<ref>Bhagalpur Charter of Narayanapala, year 17, verse 6, Indian Antiquary, XV p 304.</ref> | |||
== Religious leanings == | == Religious leanings == | ||