Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Pala Empire" in English language version.
In Buddhist histories and modern historical writings as well, the Palas have been lauded as devout and generous Buddhist patrons. However, it is only possible to confirm the Buddhist leanings of a few Pāla kings with sound archaeological evidence. Further, it appears that none of the Palas patronised Buddhism to the exclusion of other sects. Therefore, Buddhism flourished because of other factors besides royal patronage; an active lay community and patronage by international visitors to the Pāla lands explain much of the artistic and religious vitality of the period.
Dharmapala's empire, which stretched from the Gulf of Bengal to Delhi and from Jalandhara to the Vindhya Mountains.
Though the Khalimpur copper plate of Dharmapala mentions Pataliputra as 'skandhavara' only yet it might have been the capital under the early Pala rulers.
The vernacular of Bengal devel- oped a 'Proto-Bengali' form during the reign of Dharmapala.
Domanadasa, ancestor of the great Vaidya Kulina Vamanadasa, married in the Kayastha Pala family. Pala was also a Kayastha surname and we can claim Palas also as Kayasthas.
Dharmapala's empire, which stretched from the Gulf of Bengal to Delhi and from Jalandhara to the Vindhya Mountains.
Dharmapāla after defeating Indrāyudha and capturing Kanuaj made it over to Cakrāyudha, who was a vassal king of Kanuaj subordinate to Dharmapāla ... Dharmapāla was thus acknowledged paramount ruler of almost whole of North India as the Bhojas of Berar, Kīra (Kangra district), Gandhāra (West Punjab), Pañcāla (Ramnagar area of U.P.), Kuru (eastern Punjab), Madra (Central Punjab), Avanti (Malwa), Yadus (Mathura or Dwarka or Siṁhapura in the Punjab), Matsya (a part of Rajputana) were his vassals.
Nāgabhaṭa-II defeated Cakrāyudha and occupied Kanauj ... battle between the king of Vaṅga and Nāgabhaṭa in which the latter emerged victorious ... may have been fought at Mudgagiri (Monghyr in Bihar). If so, it shows the utter humiliation of Dharmapāla and strengthens the suspicion that as a revenge he might have surrendered to and welcomed Govinda III when he invaded North India.
Though Bengal was never a good horse- breeding place, and the local horses ... import horses from Kamboja, an area reputed for the finest breed of horses ..