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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| reign = 940–960<br />
| succession = [[Pala Empire|Pala Emperor]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Rajyapala]]<br />
| successor = [[Vigrahapala II]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Pala Empire|Pala]]<br />
| issue = Vigrahapala II<br />
| father = Rajyapala<br />
| mother = Bhagyadevi<br />
}}<br />
'''Gopala II''' (reigned 940&ndash;960 CE) was the successor to the [[Pala Empire|Pala king]] [[Rajyapala]] in the [[Bengal]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]], and ninth ruler of the Pala line reigning for 20 years. He was succeeded by [[Vigrahapala II]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Chowdhury |first=AM |year=2012 |chapter=Pala Dynasty |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Pala_Dynasty |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
He was the son of Rajyapala by the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakuta]] princess Bhagyadevi,<ref>{{cite book|editor1-first=R.C. |editor1-last=Majumdar|editor1-link=R.C. Majumdar|editor2-first=K.K. |editor2-last=Dasgupta|title=A Comprehensive History of India: Part. 1. A.D. 300-985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRBuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22His+son+by+the+Rashtrakuta+princess+Bhagyadevi,+named+Gopala+II,%22&dq=%22His+son+by+the+Rashtrakuta+princess+Bhagyadevi,+named+Gopala+II,%22|year=1981|publisher=People's Pub. House|page=676}}</ref> who may be identified as a daughter of Jagattunga, himself a son of Emperor [[Krishna II]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=Rama|title=Religion in Bengal: During the Pala and Sena Times : Mainly on the Basis of Epigraphic and Archaeological Sources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgEYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22But+Bhagyadevi,+the+wife+of+Rajyapala,+seems+to+have+been+a+daughter+of+Tufiga,+who+being+identical+with+Jayattunga,+son+of+Krishna+II,+was+a+Rashtrakuta+king.%22&dq=%22But+Bhagyadevi,+the+wife+of+Rajyapala,+seems+to+have+been+a+daughter+of+Tufiga,+who+being+identical+with+Jayattunga,+son+of+Krishna+II,+was+a+Rashtrakuta+king.%22|year=1985|publisher=Punthi Pustak|location=Calcutta|page=9}}</ref><br />
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During Gopala's reign, the [[Chandelas]] and [[Kalachuris of Tripuri]] emerged in lands formerly of the [[Pratiharas]]. The [[Kambojas|Kamboja]] tribes also established themselves in the North of Bengal, pushing Gopala to southern [[Bihar]] and western [[Bengal]]. He was a weak ruler, like all the late Pratihara rulers. The Pratihara territory greatly reduced during his reign.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of rulers of Bengal]]<br />
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| title = [[Pala Empire|Pala Emperor]]<br />
| years = 940–960 CE<br />
| before = [[Rajyapala]]<br />
| after = [[Vigrahapala II]]<br />
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