The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c20.31.5

v1.c20.31.5

but the Rāṣṭrakūṭas could not take full advantage of their victory because of the confusion in which they were involved after the death of Indra III. Amoghavarṣa II, who succeeded his father, was probably killed and dethroned by his younger brother Govinda IV, and the latter in his turn, "being caught in the chains of the eyes of women," took to "vicious courses" and met his destruction.² It is however likely that Govinda IV retained some hold on the Gaṅgā-Yamunā valley till about the 10th May, 930 A.D., the date of his Cambay plates. For in verse 28 of that inscription "the Gaṅgā and Yamunā are mentioned as doing service in the palace of Govinda IV." But there is unquestioned epigraphic evidence to show that the Gurjara-Pratīhāras recovered a substantial portion of their dominions, probably by taking advantage of this weakness of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa power. The Asiatic Society's plate of Vināyakapāla (*alias* Mahīpāla ?), which was issued from Mahodaya, shows that *Vārāṇasī-Viṣaya* in the *Pratiṣṭhāna-Bhukti*, was still under the Gurjaras in 988 V.S. (931 A.D.). The Rakhetra stone inscription of the same prince shows that the Gwalior region was under him in V.S. 999-1000 (A.D. 942-43). In his attempts to recover his dominions Mahīpāla appears to have been helped by a number of his feudatories.