Pala Empire
List of Pala rulers
Most of the Pala inscriptions mention only the regnal year as the date of issue, without any well-known calendar era. Because of this, the chronology of the Pala kings is hard to determine.

Pala Empire

Section Title: List of Pala rulers
Table Section Text: Most of the Pala inscriptions mention only the regnal year as the date of issue, without any well-known calendar era. Because of this, the chronology of the Pala kings is hard to determine.

RC Majumdar (1971)	AM Chowdhury (1967)	BP Sinha (1977)	DC Sircar (1975–76)	D. K. Ganguly (1994)

Gopala I	750–770	756–781	755–783	750–775	750–774

Dharmapala	770–810	781–821	783–820	775–812	774–806

Devapala	810–c. 850	821–861	820–860	812–850	806–845

Mahendrapala	NA (Mahendrapala's existence was conclusively established through a copper-plate charter discovered later.)	845–860

Shurapala I	850–853	861–866	860–865	850–858	860–872

Vigrahapala I	858–60	872–873

Narayanapala	854–908	866–920	865–920	860–917	873–927

Rajyapala	908–940	920–952	920–952	917–952	927–959

Gopala II	940–957	952–969	952–967	952–972	959–976

Vigrahapala II	960–c. 986	969–995	967–980	972–977	976–977

Mahipala I	988–c. 1036	995–1043	980–1035	977–1027	977–1027

Nayapala	1038–1053	1043–1058	1035–1050	1027–1043	1027–1043

Vigrahapala III	1054–1072	1058–1075	1050–1076	1043–1070	1043–1070

Mahipala II	1072–1075	1075–1080	1076–1078/9	1070–1071	1070–1071

Shurapala	1075–1077	1080–1082	1071–1072	1071–1072

Ramapala	1077–1130	1082–1124	1078/9–1132	1072–1126	1072–1126

Kumarapala	1130–1125	1124–1129	1132–1136	1126–1128	1126–1128

Gopala III	1140–1144	1129–1143	1136–1144	1128–1143	1128–1143

Madanapala	1144–1162	1143–1162	1144–1161/62	1143–1161	1143–1161

Govindapala	1155–1159	NA	1162–1176 or 1158–1162	1161–1165	1161–1165

Palapala	NA	NA	NA	1165–1199	1165–1200

Sentence(s)

Mahipala I ascended the throne in 988 CE.

final_sentence: Mahipala I ascended the throne in 988 CE.