Decline of the Pala Dynasty (1090s)

Name: Decline of the Pala Dynasty (1090s)
Start: 1091
End: 1100

Type Event Region India Time 1091–1100

In the 1090s the Pala dynasty, which had ruled Bengal and Bihar, continued to decline after Ramapala, with weakened central control over local milita…

Timeline

1091–1095Vihara (Buddhist university) · BiharIn Ramapala's late years and under his successors, it became difficult to effectively govern the vast territories of Bihar and Bengal; local magnates and monastic estates went their own way, and the court's capacity to levy taxes and conscript troops declined markedly.
1096–1100Eastern Bengal · BengalLocal powers such as the Sena accumulated strength in eastern Bengal, challenging Pala suzerainty; Ghaznavid pressure from the northwest also posed a threat, and Pala hegemony entered a period of irreversible decline.

Sources

History of Bengal — Majumdar, R.C. (1943)
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III (1928)