The Rashtrakutas and their Times c9.s3.50

c9.s3.50

The southern campaign, which was undertaken subsequent to the monsoons of 808 A.D., must have required at least two years and may have terminated sometime in 810 or 811 A.D. Govinda probably undertook no more expeditions; he was getting old, his end was approaching, and towards the close of his reign he must have been occupied in making some arrangements to ensure the succession of his only son, Amoghavarsha, who was born as late as in 808 A.D. Govinda was alive on the 4th of December 813 A.D. when the Torkhede plates(61) were issued by him. His death took place soon thereafter, for there is evidence to show that Amoghavarsha ascended the throne sometime in the next year.