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Draft:Military career of Devapala

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Devapala (Bengali: দেবপাল) (9th century) was the most powerful ruler of the Pala Empire of Bengal region in the Indian Subcontinent. He was the third king in the line, and had succeeded his father Dharmapala. He is said to have exacted tributes from the whole of Northern India from the Himalayas to the Vindhyas and from the eastern to the western ocean. RC Majumdar gives his victorious campaigns led him as far as Kamboja in the west and Vindhyas in the south.

Military campaigns of Devapala
Part of List of wars involving the Pala Empire

Initial conflicts map of pala Empire
Date8th - 9th CE
Location
Result

Pala Empire victory

Territorial
changes
Pala Empire extends upto the Himalayan ranges in northern regions and central Indian parts to Kalinga.
Belligerents
Pala Empire Bhauma-Kara dynasty
Kingdom of Kamrupa
Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty
Kalinga
Kamboja-Pala dynasty
Tibetan Empire
Ganga dynasty
Himalayan states
Abbasid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Devapala of Bengal
Prince Mahendrapala
Jayapala
Sri Mara Sri Vallabha
Strength
unknown unknown



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