Ramapala

Ramapala
Pala Emperor
Reign1077–1130
PredecessorShurapala II
SuccessorKumarapala
Born1057
Munger, Pala Empire
Died1130 (aged 72-73)
Munger near the Ganges, Magadha, Pala Empire (in present-day Bihar, India)
SpouseMadanadevi[1]
IssueRajyapala
Vittapala
Kumarapala
Madanapala
DynastyPala
FatherVigrahapala III
Motherunnamed Rashtrakuta princess
ReligionHinduism (Shaivism)

Ramapala (Bengali : রামপাল) (r. 1077–1130 CE) also known as Ramapala the Great,[2][3][4] was the successor to the Pala king Shurapala II in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, and fifteenth ruler of the Pala line.[5][6]

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