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Chandradeva, the first monarch of the dynasty, was a son of Mahichandra and a grandson of Yashovigraha. [4] The Gahadavala inscriptions state that Yashovigraha "seized the earth and made her fond of the king's sceptre (or justice)". [5] He did not bear any royal titles, so it appears that he was a petty chief with some military victories to his ...
1114–1155 CE) was the King of Kannauj from 1114 to 1155 and was a member of the Gahadavala dynasty. Govindachandra was the most powerful ruler of his dynasty. As a prince, he achieved military successes against the Ghaznavids and the Palas. As a sovereign, he defeated the Kalachuris of Tripuri, and annexed some of their territories.
Jayachandra was a son of the Gahadavala king Vijayachandra.According to a Kamauli inscription, he was crowned king on 21 June 1170 CE. [2] Jayachandra inherited his grandfather Govindachandra's royal titles: [2] Ashva-pati Nara-pati Gaja-pati Rajatrayadhipati ("leader of three forces: the cavalry, the infantry and the elephant corps" [3]) and Vividha-vidya-vichara-vachaspati ("patron of ...
The Rathore dynasty of Jodhpur are Rajputs claimed to be descendants of Rastrakuta dynasty [167] On the fall of the Rashtrakuta dynasty they migrated north and formed their kingdom in Kannauj as Gahadavala dynasty and after the death of last emperor Jaichand in Battle of Chandwar his descendants migrated to Marwar and established Rathore ...
Subsequently, the Ghaznavids appear to have launched another attack on the Gahadavala kingdom, which was not successful. Kṛtya-Kalpataru, written by the Gahadavala courtier Lakshmidhara, states that Govindachandra killed the Hammira. [7] This incident may have happened during the reign of Madanapala, or early in the reign of Govindachandra. [8]
The Western Ganga Dynasty (350–1000 CE) (Kannada: ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಗಂಗ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ) was an important ruling dynasty of ancient Karnataka in India. They are known as Western Gangas to distinguish them from the Eastern Gangas , who in later centuries ruled over modern Odisha .
Later, Madanapala, who ruled as the Gahadavala monarch from 1100 to 1114 and was the son of Chandradeva, was defeated by the Ghaznavid ruler Masud III and taken as a prisoner of war. He was released after his son Govindachandra , who ruled from 1114 to 1154, paid his ransom, as indicated by the Gahadavala inscriptions.
The earliest of these was the Maukhari dynasty, and later, Emperor Harsha of the Vardhana dynasty. [15] The city later came under the Gahadavala dynasty, and under the rule of Govindachandra, the city reached "unprecedented glory".