[3] Vigrahapala III was later defeated by the invading Chalukya armies of Someshvara I led by his son, the future Vikramaditya VI.
Vigrahapala III also faced another invasion led by the Somavamsi king Mahasivagupta Yayati of Orissa.
The emergent Sena dynasty seized Radha from the Palas, beginning the decline of their power in the region.
The Palas continued to patronise Shaivism, and epigraphic evidence suggests that Mahipala I and Nayapala were initiated as Shaivites by their royal preceptors.
Vigrahapala III's Amagachi inscription describes him as "devoted to Śiva worship", and this tradition continued under his successor Ramapala.