Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c27.18

c27.18

One of the deities worshipped at Kandhār about the tenth century A. D. bore the name Gojjiga-Somanātha. Since Gojjiga is a well-known name of Rāṣṭrakūṭa Govinda IV (929-33 A.D.), the deity may have been named after that monarch. If such was the case, the city of Kandhāra seems to have existed before the days of Kṛṣṇa III. But whether Kṛṣṇapura burnt by Guṇaka-Vijayāditya III is same as this Kandhārapura is difficult to say without further evidence.