| Jayapala | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maharajadhiraja | |||||
 Disaster of Jayapala Army against Mahmud of Ghazni, due to a snowstorm.[1] | |||||
| Maharaja of Hindu Shahis | |||||
| Reign | 964 – 27 November 1001 | ||||
| Predecessor | Hutpal | ||||
| Successor | Anandapala | ||||
| Born | Unknown | ||||
| Died | March/April 1002 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Hindu Shahi | ||||
| Father | Hutpala | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
| Military career | |||||
| Battles / wars | |||||
Jayapala was a ruler of the Hindu Shahi dynasty from 964 to 1001 CE. He ruled over the area which stretched from Laghman in the west, to Kashmir in the east and from Sirhind to Multan.[2] He was the son of Hutpal and the father of Anandapala.[2] Epithets from the Bari Kot inscriptions record his full title as "Parama Bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Sri Jayapaladeva".[3]
- ^ Hutchinson's story of the nations, containing the Egyptians, the Chinese, India, the Babylonian nation, the Hittites, the Assyrians, the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians, the Phrygians, the Lydians, and other nations of Asia Minor. London, Hutchinson. p. 150.
- ^ a b "Ameer Nasir-ood-Deen Subooktugeen". Ferishta, History of the Rise of Mohammedan Power in India, Volume 1: Section 15. Packard Humanities Institute. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ Sailendra Nath Sen. Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International. p. 342. Retrieved 25 January 2014.