The Rashtrakutas and their Times c11.s2.29

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The latest known date of Govinda IV is 934 A.D., ⁷¹ and the earliest known date of Amoghavarsha III is the 7th of September, 937 A.D. ⁷² The rising against Govinda IV and the subsequent accession of Amoghavarsha III must have taken place some time during these three years. Honale inscriptions Nos. 21-23, dated 934 A.D., refer to Suvarṇavarsha as the overlord, ⁷¹ whereas Shikarpur inscriptions Nos. 194 and 322, coming from the same district, Shimoga, but dated in the next year, do not refer at all to the rule of Govinda. It would thus appear that the combination against Govinda was formed in 935 A.D. and the accession of Amoghavarsha III may be placed in the next year, since from an inscription from Isamudru (73) we learn that he had ascended the throne earlier than the 7th of September 937 A.D. It is very likely that Kṛṣṇa, the son of Amoghavarsha, may have taken a leading part in putting his father upon the throne ; he was an ambitious prince and may have induced his aged father to accept the crown.