Pala

E667655
Indian dynasty

Pala was a powerful medieval Indian dynasty that ruled large parts of eastern India, especially Bengal and Bihar, and was known for its patronage of Buddhism and extensive cultural and educational influence.

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Label Occurrences
Pala canonical 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian dynasty ⓘ
alliance Rashtrakuta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle Pala school of Buddhist art NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Gauda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monghyr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pataliputra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramavati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vikrampura NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinage copper coins ⓘ
silver coins ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dissolution c. 12th century CE ⓘ
economicBase agriculture ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bengali ⓘ
exportedCultureTo Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Gopala I NERFINISHED ⓘ
governanceType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
inception c. 750 CE ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist art ⓘ
extensive educational influence ⓘ
international cultural influence ⓘ
monastic universities ⓘ
patronage of Buddhism ⓘ
languageUsed Prakrit ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
local Apabhramsha dialects ⓘ
militaryConflict Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rashtrakuta dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler Devapala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dharmapala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gopala I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahipala I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nayapala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramapala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vigrahapala II NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronizedInstitution Jagaddala Mahavihara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nalanda Mahavihara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odantapuri Mahavihara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somapura Mahavihara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vikramashila Mahavihara NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Gauda Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousPolicy Buddhist patronage with Hindu tolerance ⓘ
successor Sena dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Gopala I → royalHouse → Pala ⓘ
Palaite → spokenIn → Pala ⓘ
Palaite → historicalRegion → Pala ⓘ
Palaite → namedAfter → Pala ⓘ