Govindaraja II

Govindaraja II
King of Sapadalaksha
Reignc. 863–890 CE
PredecessorChandraraja II
SuccessorChandanaraja
SpouseRudrani
IssueChandanaraja, Vakpatiraja I
DynastyChahamanas of Shakambhari
FatherChandraraja II

Govindaraja II (r. c. 863–890 CE), also known as Guvaka II, was an Indian king from the Shakambhari Chahamana dynasty. He ruled parts of present-day Rajasthan in north-western India as a Gurjara-Pratihara vassal.

Govinda-raja II ascended the Chahamana throne after his father Chandraraja II.[1] The Harsha stone inscription describes Govinda II as a warrior as great as his grandfather Govinda I.[2]

The Prithviraja Vijaya states that 12 kings wanted to marry Govinda's sister Kalavati, but he defeated them, and gave his sister in marriage to the emperor of Kanyakubja.[3] This ruler of Kannauj is identified with the Pratihara emperor Bhoja I.[2]

Govinda II was succeeded by his son Chandanaraja.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b R. B. Singh 1964, p. 56.
  2. ^ a b Dasharatha Sharma 1959, p. 26.
  3. ^ R. B. Singh 1964, p. 96.

Bibliography

  • Dasharatha Sharma (1959). Early Chauhān Dynasties. S. Chand / Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9780842606189.
  • R. B. Singh (1964). History of the Chāhamānas. N. Kishore. OCLC 11038728.