Gaudeshwar Lakshman Sena - the Hindu King of Bengal who defeated Bakhtiyar Khilji
Gaudeshwar Lakshman Sena - the Hindu King of Bengal who defeated Bakhtiyar Khilji & protected India Ariraja-Madana-Shankara Maranka-Malladeva Gaudeshwar ParamaNarasimha Lakshmana Sena (reign: 1178–1206), was the Emperor of Gauda & the 5th ruler from the Sena dynasty of Bengal region on the Indian subcontinent. He was a ParamaVaishnava worshiper of Ugramadhava Narasimha, the 4th incarnation of Lord Vishnu. In the Battle of Nadia (1204 AD) King Lakshman Sena defeated the Turk general of Delhi Sultanate Bakhtiyar Khalji and protected Eastern India from the monstrousness of brutal Turkic invasion. According to the Deopara Prashasti, King Lakshman Sena in his youth conquered Puri, Kashi & Prayag regions and established Vijaystambha (victory pillars) there as a sign of valour. In his court, Jayadeva, the famous poet of Bengal, composed the great Vaishnava literature 'Geetagovinda'. The Deopara Prashasti of Sena dynasty. Image from Ep