Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.356

c6.356

Kamauli.—This village stands near the confluence of the Barṇā and the Ganges at Benaras. An inscription has been found here which records that Mahārājaputra Govindacandra from his victorious camp at Viṣṇupura granted the village of Usitha to a Brahmin.⁶ It was Govindacandra who re-established the supremacy of his line over Kānyakubja and the territories depending on it. He assumed the ambitious titles of Aśvapati-Gajapati-Narapati-rājatrayādhipati originally used by the Kalacuri kings of Dāhala.⁷ Twenty-one copperplates of the kings of Kanauj together with four other inscriptions are said to have been found in this village.⁸