Govinda III

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Govinda III was a powerful 8th–9th century Rashtrakuta emperor known for his successful military campaigns across northern and southern India and for consolidating one of the subcontinent’s largest early medieval empires.

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Govinda III canonical 9
Govinda III of the Rashtrakuta dynasty 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian monarch ⓘ
Rashtrakuta emperor ⓘ
medieval Indian ruler ⓘ
capital Manyakheta ⓘ
country Rashtrakuta Empire ⓘ
linked to: Rashtrakuta dynasty
deathDate early 9th century CE ⓘ
defeated Gurjara-Pratihara ruler Nagabhata II ⓘ
Pala ruler Dharmapala ⓘ
linked to: Dharmapala
dynasticHouse Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta ⓘ
linked to: Rashtrakuta dynasty
era 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
father Dhruva Dharavarsha ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod early medieval India ⓘ
knownFor campaigns in southern India ⓘ
consolidation of Rashtrakuta power ⓘ
expansion of one of early medieval India’s largest empires ⓘ
extensive military campaigns in northern India ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Kannada ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
memberOf Rashtrakuta dynasty ⓘ
militaryCampaign campaign against the Gurjara-Pratiharas ⓘ
campaign against the Palas of Bengal ⓘ
campaigns in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) ⓘ
campaigns in the Deccan ⓘ
campaigns in the Gangetic plains ⓘ
campaigns in the Tamil country ⓘ
notableAchievement extended influence to the shores of the Indian Ocean ⓘ
made the Rashtrakuta Empire a pan-Indian power ⓘ
secured Rashtrakuta supremacy over rival northern dynasties ⓘ
patronage Hindu temples ⓘ
Sanskrit learning ⓘ
predecessor Dhruva Dharavarsha ⓘ
regionRuled Deccan ⓘ
linked to: Deccan Plateau

parts of northern India ⓘ
parts of southern India ⓘ
reignEnd c. 814 CE ⓘ
reignStart c. 793 CE ⓘ
relative Dantidurga ⓘ
Krishna I ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
spouse Queen Mukta Devi (attributed in some sources) ⓘ
successor Amoghavarsha I ⓘ
successorAsHeir Amoghavarsha I ⓘ
title Jagattunga ⓘ
Prabhutavarsha ⓘ
Vikramavaloka ⓘ

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Rashtrakuta dynasty → notableRuler → Govinda III ⓘ
Dhruva Dharavarsha → successor → Govinda III ⓘ
Dhruva Dharavarsha → son → Govinda III ⓘ
Amoghavarsha I → predecessor → Govinda III ⓘ
Amoghavarsha I → father → Govinda III ⓘ
tripartite struggle for Kannauj → involvedRuler → Govinda III of the Rashtrakuta dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Govinda III
Dhruva Dharavarsha → successor → Govinda III ⓘ
Dhruva Dharavarsha → child → Govinda III ⓘ
Tripartite Struggle → hasParticipant → Govinda III ⓘ
subject linked to: Tripartite struggle