Jayapala

Jayapala Janjua Shahi, or simply Jayapala, was ruler of the Kabul Shahi dynasty from 964 to 1001 CE in what is now eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. He was the son of Asatapala and father the of Anandapala. Jayapala succeeded the last Brahman Shahi king Bhimadeva in about 964 CE, and thus began the Janjua phase of Shahiya dynasties. Epithets from the Bari Kot inscriptions record his full title as "Parambhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Paramesvara Sri Jayapala Deva" the first emperor of the Janjua Shahi phase.