The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.384

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Govinda III. thus acquired a large extent of territory and established his supremacy over a number of kings. He appears to have become the paramount sovereign of the whole country from Mâlvâ in the north to Kânchîpura in the south, and to have under his immediate sway the country between the Narmadâ and the Tungabhadrâ. The Vani-Dindorî plates convey a village situated in the Nâsik district, while those found in the Kânarese country assign some land near the Tungabhadrâ. The province of Lâta, situated between the Mahî and the lower Tâpî, was assigned by him to his brother Karka,¹ who became the founder of another branch of the dynasty. Govinda III., as stated in the Baroda grant, made and unmade kings. His secondary names as found in his own grants were Prabhûtavarsha or "Raining profusely," Prithvivallabha or "the Lover of the Earth," and S'rî-Vallabha. Others will be noticed below. The Baroda grant was issued by Karka, the son of Govinda's brother Indra, the king of Lâta, in Saka 734 or A.D. 812, and the Kâvî grant by Govinda the younger brother of Karka, in Saka 749 or A.D. 827. We need not notice these princes further, since they belong more to the history of Gujarât than of the Dekkan.