Pala Dynasty Decline in Bengal in the 1060s

Name: Pala Dynasty Decline in Bengal in the 1060s
Start: 1060
End: 1070

Type Event Region India Time 1060–1070

In the 1060s the Pala dynasty's hegemony over Bengal and Bihar continued to decline as Vigrahapala III faced the rising Sena dynasty and local powers.

Timeline

1060–1065Eastern Bengal · BengalIn the early 1060s the Sena dynasty (Vijayapala, Vallala Sena, and others) expanded in eastern Bengal; Pala control over Vanga and Samatata weakened, and the political support of the Buddhist monastery network shrank accordingly.
1066–1070Magadha · BiharIn the late 1060s Pala central authority over local military leaders and monastery estates declined; though the Bihar core still held, tribute and military mobilization capacity fell far short of Mahipala I's era, and by around 1070 the dynasty's decline was hard to reverse.

Sources

History of Bengal, Vol. I: Hindu Period — R. C. Majumdar
Indian Epigraphical Glossary — Pala inscriptions