Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.410

c6.410

The Gwalior Praśasti tells us that Pratihāra Vatsarāja wrested the sovereignty of Kanauj from Bhaṇḍikula (*E.I.*, XVIII, 101). The Wani and Randhanpur plates inform us that Rāṣṭrakūṭa Dhruva defeated Vatsarāja, who in his turn inflicted a defeat on the Gauḍa king. Dharmapāla, who was his rival, did not give up his ambition to occupy Kanauj even though his first attempt was foiled (*E.I.*, VI, 244). The Kamauli Plate of Govindacandra, King of Kanauj, of 1184 V.S., refers to Kuśika, Gādhipura and Kānyakubja, which have been generally identified with one and the same place, namely, the modern Kanauj (*E.I.*, XXVI, Pt. II, April, 1941, p. 71). It was Govindacandra who re-established the supremacy of his line over Kānyakubja and the territories depending on it.