Govinda Varma-I

  • Capital: Indrapalanagaram.
  • He was the greatest of early Vishnukundins.
  • He built “Govinda vihara” on his name on the banks of Musi river in Chaitanyapuri (Hyderabad) and issued Chaitanyapuri Inscription in Prakrit.
  • 1st Prakrit Inscription in Telangana: Chaitanyapuri Inscription.
  • He was the only ruler in the Vishnukundins who patronized Buddhism.
  • His wife “Parama Bhattarika” built Maha vihara for Buddhist monks at Indrapala- nagaram. King Govinda Varma donated “Penkapara” (Enmadala) village for this Maha vihara.
  • Penkapara is a village in present day Mothkur mandal of Yadadri district.
  • Later Vikramendra Bhattaraka Varma, donated the village “Irundera” for the Maha vihara built by Parama Bhattarika.
  • He defeated Pallavas and expanded his kingdom till “Gundlakamma” river.
  • He declared himself as “Swanaya Bujalotsaha Prabavanuraga Vyapti Swarajya”
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