Pala Empire

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Buddhist dynasty Indian dynasty historical empire

The Pala Empire was a powerful Buddhist dynasty that ruled much of eastern and northern India, including Bengal, from the 8th to 12th centuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pala Empire canonical 17
Pala dynasty 15
Pala dynasty in Bengal 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist dynasty ⓘ
Indian dynasty ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ
artStyle Buddhist art ⓘ
surface form: Pala art
capital Monghyr ⓘ
Pataliputra ⓘ
Ramavati ⓘ
Vikrampura ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalInfluence Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Tibet
dateOfDissolution c. 1161 CE ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment c. 750 CE ⓘ
dynasticHouse Pala Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pala dynasty
economicBase agriculture ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
endTime 12th century ⓘ
followedBy Sena dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Chandra dynasty

Sena dynasty ⓘ
foundedBy Gopala I ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist art ⓘ
surface form: Pala school of art

patronage of Nalanda University ⓘ
patronage of Vikramashila University ⓘ
spread of Buddhism to Tibet ⓘ
language Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
early Bengali ⓘ
militaryConflict Pratihara–Pala conflicts ⓘ
Rashtrakuta–Pala conflicts ⓘ
notableRuler Devapala ⓘ
Dharmapala ⓘ
Gopala I ⓘ
Mahipala I ⓘ
peakUnderRuler Devapala ⓘ
Dharmapala ⓘ
precededBy Gauda Kingdom ⓘ
region Bengal ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousPolicy patronage of Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
tolerance towards Hinduism ⓘ
scriptUsed Gaudi script ⓘ
Siddham script ⓘ
startTime 8th century ⓘ
territory Bengal ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
parts of Assam ⓘ
parts of Nepal ⓘ
parts of Odisha ⓘ
parts of Uttar Pradesh ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal → wasRegionOf → Pala Empire ⓘ
Pala Empire → dynasticHouse → Pala Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Sena dynasty → predecessor → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Patna → servedAsCapitalOf → Pala Empire ⓘ
Pataliputra → servedAsCapitalOf → Pala Empire ⓘ
Nalanda → patronizedBy → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Ramavati → partOf → Pala Empire ⓘ
Ramavati → capitalOf → Pala Empire ⓘ
Ramavati → associatedWith → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Gauda Kingdom → successor → Pala Empire ⓘ
Rashtrakuta–Pala conflicts → conflictBetween → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Rashtrakuta–Pala conflicts → mainBelligerent → Pala Empire ⓘ
Rashtrakuta–Pala conflicts → involvedDynasty → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Gopala I → dynastyFounded → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Gopala I → dynasty → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Dharmapala → dynasty → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Dharmapala → empire → Pala Empire ⓘ
Later Gupta dynasty of Magadha → successor → Pala Empire ⓘ
Mahipala I → country → Pala Empire ⓘ
Mahipala I → dynasty → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Vikrampura → associatedWithDynasty → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Monghyr → wasUnderRuleOf → Pala Empire ⓘ
Devapala → memberOf → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Devapala → country → Pala Empire ⓘ
Devapala → dynasty → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Devapala → nobleFamily → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Devapala → deathPlace → Pala Empire ⓘ
Hemanta Sena → successorDynastyTo → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty
Hemanta Sena → predecessorDynasty → Pala Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pala dynasty in Bengal
Indian Buddhism → hasHistoricalPeriod → Pala Empire ⓘ
Vikramashila monastery ruins → period → Pala Empire ⓘ
North Indian kingdoms → hasPart → Pala Empire ⓘ
medieval India → hasPart → Pala Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Medieval India