The earliest date of Indra, the son of Jagattunga and grandson and successor of Krishna II, is the date of his Nausari (Bagumra) grant, which corresponds to 24 February of AD 915, stating that he was at Kurundaka (Kurundwad, Kolhapur) for his corona­tion. He was also known as Nityavarsha, Rattakandarpa and Rajamartanda. He was married to Bijamba, a Chedi princess, daughter of Ammanadeva who was a grandson of Kokkala I. A verse in the Nausari (Bagumra) plates cleverly alludes to his early suc­cesses in this manner: “Indraraja, who had lightly uprooted Meru, felt no elation at his conquest of Upendra, who had lifted Govardhana”. Kielhorn suggested that Meru may be Kanauj, but Nilakanta Sastri is of the view that after the war which Krishna II fought against Mihira Bhoja in AD 888 (Indra III was not old enough then) there was no hostility between the Rashtrakutas and the Guijara Pratiharas.

Accordingly, Nilakanta Sastri feels that Meru was a Bana prince of the south, most probably Vikramaditya I,Jayameru. The identity of Upendra is not in doubt; he is most certainly the Paramara Upendra, shown as a feudatory of the Rashtrakutas in the Harasola giants, the earliest records of the Paramaras. It would seem that during the later part of his reign, when Krishna II was busy in the war against Parantaka, Upendra Paramara consolidating his position in Malwa invaded the Rashtrakuta areas from the north and reached as far as Govardhana in Nasik. Indra, a yuvaraj at that time, challenged and defeated the invader and made him accept the suzerainty of the Rashtrakutas. The empire thus continued undimin­ished in the north, Lata was already included within it and Malwa was held by a feudatory.

After gaining the throne, Indra led an expedi­tion in the north, a feat prominently stated in the epigraphs. Once again in allusion, the Cambay plates state that the outskirts of Kalapsiya (Kalpi) were altered by the tusks of Indra’s elephants, that his horses crossing the Yamuna resembled the ocean in its depths and that after the invasion the enemy city of Mahodava (great prosperity) became as barren as a Kusasthali, that is meadow (Kusasthali being a word-play on Kanauj, the Pratihara capital).

Indra’s enemy was Mahipala, who came to the throne after a fight with his half-brother Bhoja II. Bhoja II had the support of Chedi King Kokkala, a great friend of the Rashtrakutas and probably this was the reason behind Indra’s expedition. Indra was helped in this war by the Chalukya feudatory ruler of Vemulavada, Narasimha II, who probably married Indra’s sister Jakkavve. In the poetical work Vikramaijunavijajn, Pampa states that Latas were the enemies of Narasimha and that he laid to waste the seven Malwas, defeated the Guijararaja and confiscated his elephants.

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Indra’s efforts to bring the Eastern Chalukya ruler of Vengi under his control did not, however, succeed. Indra died in 927 and not in 918 or 919 as was believed until recently. Indra was followed on the throne by his son Amoghavarsha II, who had a short reign of one year according to a late epigraph, the Bhadana grant of the Silahara Aparajita (997). It would appear there was some foul play by his younger brother, Govinda, aspiring to the thron Govinda’s earliest date is 918-19, given in the Dandapur inscription where he calls himself Prabhutavarsha. In his Sangli plates also, there is no reference to his predecessor Amoghavarsha. Govind anointed himself as the king on 10 May of 930.

In later Rashtrakuta grants, he is stated to have led a dissolute life, alienated everybody else with his conduct and ultimately lost his kingdom. The late Kharapetan grant of Silahara Rattaraja (AD 1008) confirms this by saying that Govinda was a great1 lover and was always surrounded by dancing women

There were rebellions in the empire, thej feudatories formed a group, Arikesari definitely had a hand in it and as a result Govinda was throw out. Amoghavarsa III was persuaded to return Manyakheta and to accept the throne.

Govinda’s dethronement took place aroun. 935-35; epigraphs of his Santara feudatories dated 934 mention him as the ruler, but those of 935 do not. The ruler of Vengi used this opportunity to assert his independence from the Rashtrakutas. Eastern Chalukya epigraphs maintain that Bhima routed the Chalukya forces, killed many of their generals, proclaimed himself the king of Vengi and celebrated his coronation in 934-35.