State · 750 – 1174
Pala Empire
A state of 750 – 1174 — 424 years in South Asia. It replaced Gupta Empire. The atlas records 1 thing within it — people 1. Its line of rulers holds 4 people, 3 with dated terms. Its own article says it was dissolved by Anga.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 424 years
- 750 – 1174
- Rulers
- 4
- the emperor
- Most ground
- 1.37 million km²
- in 825
- Within it
- 1
- recorded row
750 · first mapped · 132,600 km²
825 · at its largest · 1.37 million km²
1152 · last mapped · 80,700 km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Gupta Empire · replaces · 320 – 550
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved by Anga. Read from the article's section “History - First period of decline” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
During his reign, the Pala empire disintegrated into smaller kingdoms like Gauda, Radha, Anga and Vanga.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of emperor.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dharmapala | 783 – 815 | 32 years | ending not on record | |
| Devapala | 820 – 850 | 30 years | ending not on record | child |
| Govindapala | 1139 – 1161 | 22 years | ending not on record |
4 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 783 – 1161. Median reign 30 years. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
132,600 km² in 750, 93,200 km² in 1150; at its largest 1.37 million km² in 825. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
900 – 9991 row
- Atiśa · writer · 982 – 1054
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood424 years
stood longer than 82% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held1,365,100 km²
held more ground at its peak than 88% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median30 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 83% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 708 – 1216, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 825, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q668412 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.