THE PALAS OF BENGAL

Language: ENGLISH. About the book:-The ground plan of a history of Eastern India from 800 to 1200 A. D. has already been sketched out by Mahamahopadhyaya Hara Prasad Sastri in his short introduction to Sandhyakaranandi's Ramacarita. At that time, the author intended to develop it and add all the available material in a fresh article. This article was finished in October 1911. It was revised by Dr. J. Ph. Vogel, Ph. D. , then Officiating Director General of Archaeology, and submitted to the Society. For various reasons, the publication of this part of the Memoirs has been delayed, among which may be mentioned the loss of several impressions of inscriptions. He has not been able to edit the inscriptions quoted in the body of this paper to his satisfaction, on account of want of time and space. The readings quoted are for the most part true readings. Pandit Binod Bihari Bidyabinod has helped him considerably in deciphering them. The majority of the new records were read by him, and the texts were then revised and modified by him. But in each case a mechanical estampage has been reproduced so that a worthier scholar may re-edit it from the plates. The historical information supplied by each record has been given in the form of a summary in the body of the text. On the context of the Palas of Bengal, he says the Pala Empire was a Buddhist supreme power in ancient India. The kingdom was focused around present-day Bangladesh and eastern India. The Palas had introduced a time of soundness and thriving in the Bengal-Bihar area. They were the supporters of the Mahayana and Vajrayana schools of Buddhism. The book is the product of extensive study of this dynasty with other relevant materials to make it an indispensable discourse. About the Author:-Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay (1885 1930), also known as R D Banerji, was an Indian archaeologist and museum expert. He was the Manindra Chandra Nandy Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture at the Banaras Hindu University from 192830. He is best known as the discoverer of Mohenjo-daro, the principal site of the Indus Valley Civilisation. He joined the Indian Museum in Calcutta as an Assistant to the Archaeological Section in 1910. He joined the Archaeological Survey of India as Assistant Superintendent in 1911, and was promoted to the rank of Superintending Archaeologist of the Western Circle in 1917. He wrote two textbooks for Calcutta University, namely, History of India (1924) and A Junior History of India (1928). His The Age of the Imperial Guptas (1933) is a collection of lectures delivered by him in 1924. His standard two-volume Bangalar Itihas (History of Bengal) in Bengali (1914 and 1917) was one of the first attempts at writing a scientific history of Bengal. He also wrote two volumes on the history of Orissa, titled History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period (1930 and 1931). The Title 'THE PALAS OF BENGAL written/authored/edited by R. D. BANERJI', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121228435 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 118 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 17.78 x 24.13 cms Vol: 118.…