Ballāla Sena
Ballal Sen বল্লাল সেন | |
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Reign | 1160 – 1179 |
Predecessor | Vijaya Sena |
Successor | Lakshmana Sena |
Spouse | Ramadevi |
Issue | Roopsundari & Kamaladevi |
Dynasty | Sena |
Father | Vijaya Sena |
Sena dynasty 1070 CE–1230 CE | ||||||||||
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Ballāla Sena or Ballal Sen (Bengali: বল্লাল সেন; reign: 1160–1179), also known as Ballal Sen in vernacular literature, was the second ruler of the Sena dynasty of Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent.[1] He was the son and successor of Vijaya Sena, and ended the Pala Empire by defeating Govinda Pala.[2]
Ballala Sena married Ramadevi a princess of the Western Chalukya Empire which indicates that the Sena rulers maintained close social contact with south India.[3]
He is the best-known Sena ruler and consolidated the kingdom. He might have completed the conquest of Northern Bengal and also conquered Magadha and Mithila. According to a tradition in Bengal, Ballala Sena's Empire consisted of many provinces,
- Vanga,
- Varendra,
- Kamrupa,
- Rarh,
- Mithila,
- Delhi and
- Bagri (Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal, Haryanvi)[4][5][6]
Ballal Sen was descended from the royal family of Bengal, who proceeded to Delhi, and was proclaimed emperor of Hindoostan.
According to a Sena epigraph, Ballala was an author. He wrote Danasagara in 1168.[8] And in 1169, he started but did not finish writing Adbhutasagara.[1] In Adbhutasagara, it was mentioned that Ballala Sena conquered Mithila while Vijaya Sena was still alive.[9] Besides he introduced the practice of Kulinism.[1]
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References
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- Blair Rudes(eds.). Endangered Languages and Literacy. Proceedings of the Fourth FEL Conference. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 21–24 September 2000
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- ^ Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia. Wm. H. Allen & Company. 1835.
- ^ Phyllis Granoff, My Rituals and My Gods: Ritual Exclusiveness in Medieval India, Journal of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 29, No. 1/2, Special issue: Ingalls Festschrift (April 2001), pp. 109-134
- ^ Chowdhury, AM (2012). "Sena Dynasty". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.