Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c8.4

c8.4

From this it follows that, so far as is known, the Rāṣṭrakūṭa conquest of Gujarāt begins with Dantidurga's conquest of Lāṭa, that is South Gujarāt between the Mahī and the Narbadā, from the Gurjjara king Jayabhaṭa whose latest known date is A.D. 736 or seventeen years before the known date of Dantidurga. The Gurjjaras probably retired to the Rājpīpla hills and further east on the confines of Mālwa where they may have held a lingering sway. No Gujarāt event of importance is recorded during the reign of Kṛishṇa (A.D. 765) or of his son Govinda II. (A.D. 780) who about As Govinda III. handed Gujarāt to his brother Indra about Śaka 730 (A.D. 808) and as the grant of Indra's son Karka is dated Śaka 734 (A.D. 812) Indra's reign must have been short. Indra is styled the ruler of the entire kingdom of Lāṭeśvara,¹ the protector of the mandala of Lāṭa given to him by his lord. An important verse in an unpublished Baroda grant states that Indra chased the lord of Gurjjara who had prepared to fight, and that he honourably protected the multitude of Dakhan (Dakṣiṇāpatha) feudatories (mahāsāmantas) whose glory was shattered by Śrīvallabha (that is, Sarvva or Amoghavarṣa) then heir-apparent of Govinda. That is, in attempting to establish himself in independent power, Indra aided certain of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa feudatories in an effort to shake off the overlordship of Amoghavarṣa.