Pala dynasty (Kamarupa)
Kamarupa Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||
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| 900 CE–1100 CE | |||||||||||||||||
The traditional boundary of the Kamarupa kingdom | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Harruppeshvar (present-day Tezpur), Durjaya (present-day North Guwahati), Kamarupanagara (present-day North Guwahati) | ||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
| Maharajadhiraja | |||||||||||||||||
• c900 – c920 | Brahma Pala | ||||||||||||||||
• c920 – c960 | Ratna Pala | ||||||||||||||||
• c960 – c990 | Indra Pala | ||||||||||||||||
• c990 – 1015 | Go Pala | ||||||||||||||||
• c1015 – c1035 | Harsha Pala | ||||||||||||||||
• c1035 – c1060 | Dharma Pala | ||||||||||||||||
• c1075 – c1100 | Jaya Pala | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Classical India | ||||||||||||||||
• Established | 900 CE | ||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1100 CE | ||||||||||||||||
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The Pala dynasty of Kamarupa kingdom ruled from 900 CE. Like the Pala Empire of Bengal, the first ruler in this dynasty was elected, which probably explains the name of this dynasty "Pala". The Hindu orthodoxy drew their lineage from the earlier Varman dynasty and thus ultimately from Narakasura i.e. Bhauma dynasty. The dynasty is unrelated to the previous Varman and Mlecchna dynasties.
The Palas were the last dynasty to rule Kamarupa. After the collapse of the Pala rule, Kamarupa disintegrated, to be followed in due course by the Ahom, Chutia, Kamata, and Kachari kingdoms, and the confederate rule of the Baro-Bhuyans.