Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.60

c18.60

Wardhâ grant is explicit on the point. From it we learn that Amoghavarsha was the elder brother of Govinda, but that he died immediately after his father, as if "out of love for him," and then Govinda came to the throne. The Sângalî grant of Govinda IV., as he must be called, does not mention Amoghavarsha by name, but states that "though Govinda had the power, he did not act with any reprehensible cruelty towards his elder brother, and did not render himself infamous by incest, or assume the nature of a devil by casting aside considerations of purity and impurity, but became Sâhasâṅka by his matchless enterprise and liberality." What this it must be understood that the year meant is 841 Śaka It will appear from this that Indra or Nityavarsha, who succeeded his grandfather in Śaka 836, had a very short reign, and his eldest son, Amoghavarsha, could have been on the throne only for a few months Govinda IV like Amoghavarsha I was at war with the Châlukyas of Vengî ⁴⁸ Another inscription represents Govinda IV as the reigning monarch in Śaka 851 ⁴⁹