The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s13.116

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Krishna I. left two sons, Gôvinda II. and Dhruva. As regards the elder of them, to whose name some of the records attach the epithet vallabha,¹ the most probable conclusion is that he did not succeed to the throne. Dr. Bühler, indeed, has held the opinion that he did reign, but not for long, being dethroned by his younger brother; Dhruva.² And the statement in the Dêôli grant of A. D. 940, that "sensual pleasures made him careless of the kingdom, and, entrusting fully the universal sovereignty to his younger brother, he allowed his position as sovereign to become loose," might perhaps be quoted in support of this view. But the earlier records distinctly say that Dhruva attained the sovereignty "by jumping over his elder brother,"³ which points plainly to an act of complete supersession; and, in support of this view, it is to be noted that some of the subsequent records pass Gôvinda II. over quite unnoticed. That he made an attempt to secure the succession, is, indeed, shewn by the statement in the Paithan grant, of A. D. 796, that he called to his assistance the hostile kings of Mâlava, Kâñchî, and Veṅgî, and of the Gaṅga country. This, however, seems to only emphasise the real fact that is disclosed by the pointed expression used in respect of Dhruva.⁴