Singapore: Pala dynasty (750 - 1161 CE) stone Buddha flanked by bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya, Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place Building. The Pala Empire, one of the major middle kingdoms of India, existed from 750–1174 CE. It was ruled by a Buddhist dynasty from Bengal in the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, all the rulers bearing names ending with the suffix Pala.

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