The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.212

v1.c18.212

The success of Govindacandra as a ruler is also demonstrated by his coins. He appears to have given up the ‘bull and horseman’ type of his father's coins and adopted the ‘seated goddess’ type, which was first introduced by the Kalacuri Gāṅgeya. The obverse of his gold and copper coins has the legend *Śrī-Govindacandra-deva*, often followed by the representation of a *triśūla*, while the reverse contains the seated figure of the goddess Lakṣmī. Gold *drammas* of Govindacandra, ‘often in extremely base metal,' are abundant. Eight hundred of them were found in 1887 near Nanpara in Bahraich district, Oudh.¹