This king of Kashi - Raja Govindachandra from the Gahadavala dynasty, repulsed several Turkish Muzlim attcks in the early 12th century when he was a prince and the last when he was a king.
This king of Kashi - Raja Govindachandra from the Gahadavala dynasty, repulsed several Turkish Muzlim attcks in the early 12th century when he was a prince and the last when he was a king. He also defeated the forces of Mas’ud III, the Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, led by Hajib Tughatigin at Visnupura near Kannauj. Govindachandra maintained a large army consisting of both cavalry and elephant corps. The Vishnu-Hari inscription found in the Babri mosque debris was the remnants of a temple he constructed at the birthplace of Shri Ram. Several more inscriptions attributed to Raja Govindachandra have been found in UP and also in Kannauj. Govindachandra built many temples. He was renowned for generosity.