Gopendra-Raja (r. c. 771–784 CE) was an Indian king belonging to the
Chahamana dynasty that ruled parts of present-day
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
in north-western India. He is also known as Gopendraka.
Gopendra succeeded his brother
Chandraraja I
Chandraraja I (r. ) was an Indian king belonging to the Chahamana dynasty that ruled parts of present-day Rajasthan in north-western India.
According to ''Prithviraja Vijaya'', Chandraraja was a son of his predecessor Vigraharaja I. The late ...
as the Chahamana king. According to ''
Prithviraja Vijaya
''Prithviraja Vijaya'' (IAST: Pṛthvīrāja Vijaya, "Prithviraja's Victory") is an eulogistic Sanskrit epic poem on the life of the Indian Chahamana king Prithviraja III (better known as Prithviraj Chauhan in the vernacular folk legends). It is b ...
'', their father was
Vigraharaja I
Vigraharāja I (r. c. 734-759 CE ) was an Indian king from the Chahamana dynasty. He ruled parts of present-day Rajasthan in north-western India. He is also known as Vigrahanṛpa.
Vigraharaja succeeded his father Ajayaraja I as the Chahamana r ...
. The later ''
Hammira Mahakavya
''Hammira Mahakavya'' (IAST: ''Hammīra-Mahākāvya'') is a 15th-century Indian Sanskrit epic poem written by the Jain scholar Nayachandra Suri. It is a legendary biography of the 13th century Chahamana king Hammira. While not entirely accurate fr ...
'', however, states that their father was Vigraharaja's ancestor
Naradeva
Naradeva (r. c. 709-721 CE ) was an Indian king belonging to the Chahamanas of Shakambhari, Chahamana dynasty of Shakambhari (modern Sambhar Lake Town, Sambhar). He ruled parts of present-day Rajasthan in north-western India.
Naradeva has been m ...
.
The ''
Prabandha-Kosha'' states that Gopendra defeated one Sultan Beg Varisa in a battle. Historian R. B. Singh theorizes that Beg Varisa might have been a subordinate of the Arab general
Muhammad bin Qasim
Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqāfī ( ar, محمد بن القاسم الثقفي; –) was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (part of modern Pakistan), inaugurating the Umayya ...
.
Gopendra was succeeded by his nephew
Durlabharaja I
Durlabha-rāja I (r. c. 784-809 CE ) was an Indian ruler belonging to the Chahamana dynasty. He ruled parts of present-day Rajasthan in north-western India as a vassal of the Gurjara-Pratihara king Vatsaraja.
Early life
Durlabha was the son ...
, who was the son of Chandraraja I.
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{{Chahamanas of Shakambhari
Kings of Sapadalaksha
8th-century Indian monarchs