The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.129

v2.c28.129

The above will show that, apart from the name of this officer of his time, the Candella records contain nothing but vague generalities about the administration of Gaṇḍa. This agrees with the fact pointed out elsewhere² that he is, perhaps, not to be identified with the powerful Indian prince Nandā whose ‘immense army,’ according to certain Muḥammadan chroniclers, inspired fear even in the mind of Maḥmūd, the Yamīnī king of Ghazni.³ I have tried to prove that Nandā نندا is a mistake not for Gaṇḍa (گندا or گنداه - گند - گنده) but for Bīdā (بیدا) which is approximately the Arabic phonetic equivalent of *Vidyā*, the first part of the name of Vidyādhara, the son of Gaṇḍa.