Dharmapala Kamboja

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Dharmapala Kamboja was probably the last ruler of Kamboja Pala dynasty of Bengal [1]. He is said to have ruled Dandabhukti in Midnapur district, in the first quarter of eleventh century, and was contemporary of Rajendra Chola (reign 1012-1044) of Chola dynasty of Deccan [2]. Some scholars opine that when threatened by Pala rulers of Bengal, Dharmapala, the last ruler of the Kamboja dynasty of Bengal, might have sought help from Rajendra Chola of the Chola Dynasty [3]. An inscription in Tamil language, found in Chidambaram refers to one Kambhoja ruler who made a beautiful stone gift as a curio (katchi) to Rajendra Chola, which with latter’s permission, was embedded in the northern wall of Nataraja’s temple [4]. Scholars identify the Kamboja king making a stone gift to Rajendra Chola with Dharamapala, the Kamboja ruler of Dandabhukti [5].

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  1. ^ The Dacca University Studies - 1935, p 133, University of Dacca; The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1963, p 508 India; Some Historical Aspects of the Inscriptions of Bengal: Pre-Muhammadan Epochs, 1942, p 380, Benoychandra Sen - Bengal (India); Ancient India, History and Archaeology, 1994, p 53, Dilip Kumar Ganguly; Journal of the Varendra Research Museum, p 109, Varendra Research Museum - Bangladesh; The Early Rulers of Khajurāho, 1877, p 63, Sisirkumar Mitra; Abhinandana-Bhāratī: Professor Krishna Kanta Handiqui Felicitation Volume, 1982, p 110, Krishna Kanta Handiqui, Pratap Chandra Choudhury, Biswanarayan Shastri.
  2. ^ See refs: The Early Rulers of Khajurāho, 1977, p 63, Sisirkumar Mitra; The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1963, p 508; The Early History of Bengal: From the Earliest Times to the Muslim Conquest, 1939, p 82, Pramode Lal. Paul.
  3. ^ Some Historical Aspects of the Inscriptions of Bengal: Pre-Muhammadan Epochs., 1942, p 399, Benoychandra Sen.
  4. ^ Epigraphia Indica, Vol V, pp 105-106, (Editor) E. Hultsch; History of Tamilnad, 1977, p 232, N. Subrahmanian; Kamboja Through the Ages, 2005, p 13, Kirpal Singh.
  5. ^ The Dacca University Studies, 1935, p 133, University of Dacca; The Indian Historical Quarterly, Vol XV, 1959, p 508; 3Ancient Kamboja, People and Country, 1981, Dr J. L. Kamboj.

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