The Kamauli copper plate inscription of king Vaidyadeva of  Kamarupa  ( Assam ) connects the Palas to the Kshatriyas  of " Mihirasya vamsa " ( Surya  lineage). [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] The  Ballala-Carita  says that "The Palas were low-born  Kshatriyas ", a claim reiterated by the historian Taranatha  in