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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> | ||