The Rashtrakutas and their Times c9.s3.53

c9.s3.53

Govinda was, perhaps, the ablest of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa emperors. He not only put down the confederacy that was formed to oppose his accession but also enhanced the prestige of his kingdom and added to its area. Mālva in the north and Gangawadi in the south were annexed to the empire. Both Nāgabhaṭa and Dharmapāla, who were aspiring to the imperial position in the north, were overthrown by him. The victorious march of his armies had literally embraced all the territory between the Himālayas and Cape Camorin. Even the king of Ceylon was terrified into submission. Never again did the prestige of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas reach this high level. Indra III, no doubt, conquered Kanauj but he could not proceed beyond the North Pennar in the south. Kṛṣṇa III had indeed conquered all the states defeated by Govinda III in the south but could not enter the Madhyadeśa and defeat the principal kings in north India. The statement of the Wani-Dindori plates that with the advent of Govinda III the Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty became invincible to its enemies is no boast of a court panegyrist but a plain statement of fact.