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Martanda (an aspect of the Sun-God or Surya), Gahadavala dynasty, Rajasthan, 12th century CE. The sudden rise of the Gahadavalas has led to speculation that they descended from an earlier royal house. Rudolf Hoernlé once proposed that the Gahadavalas were an offshoot of the Pala dynasty of Gauda, but this theory has been totally rejected now. [9]
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 King of Kashi, which is mentioned in the records of Lakshmana Sena, which clearly mentions the Gahadavala king and by putting a defeat upon the emperor he ousted the Gahadavala king from Magadha.The evidences of the Sena Conquest of Gaya comes from the two records of Ashokachalla found in Gaya. Although the correct interpretation of the ...
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]
Although the Gahadavala inscriptions mention two of his ancestors, he was the first sovereign monarch of his family. Amid the chaos resulting from the decline of Kalachuri power and Ghaznavid conquests of the region, Chandradeva established a government in the Kanyakubja-Varanasi region of the Gangetic plains.
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".