Mahipala Mahipala I

913 (age 31)

Mahipala I was also designated by names - Ksitipala, Vinayakapala, Herambapala and Uttarapatha Swami. lieutenant seems that Indra III"s campaign did not influence Kannauj much and Mahipala I soon revived Kannauj as court poet Rajasekhara calls him Maharajadhiraja of Aryavarta. According to Kavyamimansa of Rajasekhara, Mahipala"s reign extended from the upper course of the river Bias in the northwest to Kalinga or Orissa in the south-east, and from the Himalayas to the Kerala or Chera country in the far south. Arab chronicler First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Masudi describes about Mahipala I as follows: Mahipala I, whom Kannada poet Pampa expressly calls "Gurjararaja", carried forward the work of his ancestors. Sas-Bahu temple lieutenant was built by Raja Mahipal and got completed in 1093 as per the Sanskrit inscription written. The temples are architectural marvels. Large slabs of sandstone are balanced over each other in slanting positions.

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Background

He was born of queen Mahidevi.

Career

Mahipala I was also designated by names - Ksitipala, Vinayakapala, Herambapala and Uttarapatha Swami. lieutenant seems that Indra III"s campaign did not influence Kannauj much and Mahipala I soon revived Kannauj as court poet Rajasekhara calls him Maharajadhiraja of Aryavarta. According to Kavyamimansa of Rajasekhara, Mahipala"s reign extended from the upper course of the river Bias in the northwest to Kalinga or Orissa in the south-east, and from the Himalayas to the Kerala or Chera country in the far south.

Arab chronicler First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Masudi describes about Mahipala I as follows:

Mahipala I, whom Kannada poet Pampa expressly calls "Gurjararaja", carried forward the work of his ancestors.

Sas-Bahu temple

lieutenant was built by Raja Mahipal and got completed in 1093 as per the Sanskrit inscription written. The temples are architectural marvels.

Large slabs of sandstone are balanced over each other in slanting positions.

Achievements

R. S. Tripathi asserts that as Mahendrapala II is not credited with any achievement so it must have been Mahipala I who recovered Ujjain. Closing days of Mahipala was again disturbed by attacks of Rashtrakutas on northern India as the Deoli and Karhad plates of Krisna III, while praising his achievement in the style of inflated panegyric, informs that by hearing conquest of southern regions, the hope about Kalanjara and Citrakuta vanished from the heart of the Gurjara.

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