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Dharmapala (Pala emperor)
Dharmapala was the second ruler of the Pala Empire of Bengal and Bihar, reigning from about 770 to 810. He extended Pala power up the Ganges, installing his protégé Chakrayudha as king of Kannauj, and fought the Gurjara-Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas for northern India. A Buddhist patron, he founded the monasteries of Vikramashila and Somapura at Paharpur.
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