The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s13.311

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The succession, then, went from Indra III. to his second son Gôvinda IV., whose name appears also in the Prâkrit form of Gojjiga.⁷ This king had the special birudas of Prabhûtavarsha, Suvarṇavarsha, and Nripatuṅga; and, among other miscellaneous ones, also those of Vîra-Nârâyaṇa, "a very Nârâyaṇa (Vishṇu) among brave men,"—Ratta-Kandarpa, "the Raṭṭa god of love,"—Sâhasâṅka, "characterised by daring,"—and Nripati-Triṇêtra, "a very Triṇêtra (Śiva) among kings."⁷ His titles were the customary ones of Mahârâjâdhirâja, Paramêśvara, and Paramabhaṭṭâraka. And he had the epithets of prithivivallabha and vallabhanarêndradêva; also, in the Kaḷas inscription, vallabha is attached to his name, which there appears as Gojjigavallabha. His Sâṅglî grant speaks of the rivers Gaṅgâ and Yamunâ as doing service at his palace,⁸ and mentions Mânyakhêṭa (Mâlkhêḍ) as his permanent capital. His two published records give dates for him in December, A. D. 918, and August, A. D. 933. And a slightly later date is furnished by an inscription at Kaḷasâpur in the Gadag tâluka, Dhârwâr