Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.252
Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.252
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Kāñcī was attacked by the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Govinda and his father. As soon as it was invaded by Govinda, the then ruler of Kāñcī was defeated some time before 803 A.D. as far as we can learn from the British Museum plates of Govinda III (I.A., XI, 126). The Siddhalinga-māḍam Inscription from South Arcot district, as old as the fifth year of Kṛṣṇa’s reign, refers to the conquest of Kāñcī and Tanjai or Tanjore (Madras Epigraphical Collection for 1909, No. 375). An inscription from the Ukkala Viṣṇu temple in the North Arcot district mentions the king Kannaradevavallabha as the Conqueror of Kāñcī and Tanjore (E.I., IV, 82).