Govinda-raja II ascended the Chahamana throne after his father Chandraraja II.[1] The Harsha stone inscription describes Govinda II as a warrior as great as his grandfather Govinda I.[2]
The Prithviraja Vijaya states that 12 kings wanted to marry Govinda's sister Kalavati, but he defeated them, and gave his sister in marriage to the emperor of Kanyakubja.[3] This ruler of Kannauj is identified with the Pratihara emperor Bhoja I.[2]