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  753-973. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Rashtrakuta Krishnaraja I cut from the cliff and decorated with Saiva sculpture the Kailasa (natha) temple at Ellora to rival that of Kanchi.
The Chalukya Vikramaditya II was defeated by the Rashtrakuta Dhruva (779–94).
Rashtrakuta Govinda II seized Malwa with Chitor from the Gurjaras, and enthroned his brother as head of a second Rashtrakuta dynasty in Gujarat (till c.
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  Rashtrakuta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are several controversies about the origin of the founders of the Rashtrakuta feudatory during their rule from central India as subordinates of the Badamai Chalukya during the 6th.
The final decline was sudden, Tailapa II, a feudatory of the Rashtrakuta tracing his lineage back to the Chalukyas of Badami declared himself independent taking advantage of the defeated the successors of Krishna III at the hands of the Paramara who plundered Manyakheta.
The Rashtrakutas successfully captured Kannauj and levied tribute on its rulers and on multiple occassions posed as masters of North India.
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 Rashtrakuta - LoveToKnow 1911
RASHTRAKUTA, an Indian dynasty which ruled in the Deccan from about A.D. 75 o to 973.
The Rashtrakuta or Ratta clan are supposed to have held power during the historical blank before the 6th century; but they came to the front in A.D. 750, when Dantidurga overthrew the Chalukya dynasty and made himself ruler of the Deccan.
The last of the Rashtrakuta kings was Karka II., who was overthrown by the Chalukyas in 973.
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The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a seventh century copper plate grant that mentions their rule from Manpur in the Malwa region of modern Madhya Pradesh.
Cotton was the chief crop of the regions of southern Gujarat, Khandesh and Berar.
Some claim the Rashtrakutas were inclined towards Jainism since many of the scholars who flourished in their courts and wrote in Sanskrit, Kannada and a few in Apabhramsha and Prakrit were Jains.
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 Rashtrakuta - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Rashtrakutas were feudatories to the Chalukyas and came into prominence under Dantidurga around 753 CE.The oldest Rashtrakutas are believed to be from ancient Kuntala in the valley of river Krishna.
The final decline was sudden, Tailapa II, a feudatory of the Rashtrakuta tracing his lineage back to the Chalukyas of Badami declared himself independent taking advantage of the defeated the successors of Krishna III at the hands of the Paramara who plundered Manyakheta.
It is ascribed to the Rashtrakuta ruler Amoghavarsha I.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: History of South India
The dynasties of Satavahana, Chalukya, Pallava, Rashtrakuta, Chola, Pandya, Kakatiya and Hoysala were at their peak during various periods of history.
The Rashtrakutas came to power at the decline of the Badami Chalukyas and were involved in a three-way power struggle for control of the Gangetic plains with the Prathihara of Gujarat and Palas of Bengal.
The Rashtrakutas were responsible for building some of the beautiful rock-cut temples of Ellora including the Kailasa temple.
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 RASHTRAKUTAS : Encyclopedia Entry
It was the Rashtrakutas who first forged north to the Gangetic plains and successfully contested their might against the Palas of Bengal and the Prathiharas of Gujarat.
There are several controversies about the origin of the founders of the Rashtrakuta feudatory during their rule from central India as subordinates of the Badamai Chalukya during the 6th.
Irrespective of the early lineage of the Rashtrakuta kings, there is broad concensus among historians that the true builders of the imperial empire in the period 8th.c C.E. through 10th.
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 Informat.io on Rashtrakuta
Rashtrakuta inscriptions are in Kannada closer to and in the core Kannada country at that time and in Sanskrit going farther away from their crux land.
A.S. Altekar claims in his book Rashtrakutas and their Times (1934) that while the Rashtrakutas were descendants of the Rastiks or Rathikas mentioned in the edits of King Ashoka, the original home of builders of the Rashtrakuta empire was present day Karnataka.
It is ascribed to the Rashtrakuta ruler Amoghavarsha I Nripatunga.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Rashtrakuta Dynasty
The clan that ruled from Elichpur was a feudatory of the Badami Chalukyas and during the rule of Dantidurga, it overthrew Chalukya Kirtivarman II and went on to build an impressive empire with the Gulbarga region in modern Karnataka as its base.
At their peak the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta ruled a vast empire stretching from the Ganga River and Yamuna River doab in the north to Cape Comorin in the south, a fruitful time of political expansion, architectural achievements and famous literary contributions.
Rashtrakuta inscriptions are mostly in the two languages of Kannada and Sanskrit and the kings encouraged literature in both languages.
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 thebharat.com
The Rashtrakutas of the Deccan, the Palas of Bengal and the Pratiharas, who controlled parts of Malwa and Rajasthan.
The Rashtrakutas were replaced by the later Chalukyas, the Palas by the Sena dynasty and the Prathihara kingdom broke up into smaller kingdoms.
Between 915 AD and 918 AD, Kanauj was attacked by a Rashtrakuta king, who devastated the city leading to the weakening of the Pratihara empire.
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 Rashtrakuta Dynasty - MSN Encarta
Rashtrakuta Dynasty (753?-972), rulers of one of the largest empires in southern Asia, based in the western part of what is now India’s Mahārāshtra State.
The Rashtrakutas were originally subordinates of the Western Chalukyas but overthrew them around 753 and took over their extensive territories in central and southern India.
Under Govinda III (794?-814?) the armies of the Rashtrakutas’ temporarily conquered the area around Kanauj, an important political center of northern India, defeating the Pala dynasty of Bengal.
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Rashtrakutas find mention in the edicts of Ashoka, where they are referred to as the 'Rathika's or 'Rastika's.
The Rashtrakuta's were involved in several wars and alliances with other deccan kingdoms like the Vengi, Cholas and Gangas.
The Rashtrakuta's gave much importance to the Kannada or Canari (in inscriptions) language; most of their inscriptions are in that language.
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 Rashtrakutas - Indian History
Rashtrakutas built an empire which in the days of greatness extended from Malwa (central India) and Gujrath to Tanjore in south, effectively covering whole of south India.
Rashtrakutas, who inherited Chalukyan empire, extended it further by penetrating in deep north and occupying Gangatic doab region.
Rashtrakuta emperor Vallabhraja has been described by Arab writers to be one of the four great sovereigns of the world.
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 Chalukya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the rise of the Rashtrakutas the Chalukyas of Badami went in to an eclipse to be recovered in the tenth century C.E. by Tailapa II (973 – 997) C.E. These later Chalukyas ruled from Kalyani.
The Rashtrakuta inscriptions speak of Chalukyas of Badami as Karnataka Bala.
Tailapa II, overthrew the Rashtrakuta Krishna III and re-established the Chalukyasn kingdom and recovered most of the Chalukya empire.
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 Chalukyas dgun.org   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Rashtrakuta inscriptions speak of the Chalukyas as 'Karnataka Bala'.
The Chalukya Empire was restored in 655 by Vikramaditya I; the clashes with the Pallava Empire continued until Vikramaditya II won a comprehensive victory against the Pallavas in 740.
The Rashtrakutas were a dynasty which ruled the Deccan during the 8th-10th centuries.
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 RASHTRAKUTA ART AND ARCHITECTURE
The Dravidian or Pallava style was adopted by the Rashtrakuta Rulers also as can be seen in the famous Kailash Temple at Ellora near Aurangabad (Maharashtra).
It was built by the Rashtrakuta King Krishna 1 in the 8th Century A.D. complete hillside has been separated from a range of mountains and a huge temple excavated out of it.
The main cave temple belonging to the brahminical group of cave temples is dedicated to Shiva and is noted for its fine sculpture.
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 Tailapa II at AllExperts
The Rashtrakuta kingdom was invaded by the Malwa and their capital sacked in 972 CE.
Tailapa quickly defeated the remnants of the Rashtrakuta power by defeating Indra IV and his feudatory in the Godavari basin, Panchaladeva.
After the overthrow of Rashtrakutas', Tailapa who ruled from Manyakheta, spent several years consolidating his position in the Western Deccan in the area between the river Narmada and the Kaveri.
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 South Indian Inscriptions Volume_9 - Rashtrakutas Inscriptions @ whatisindia.com
The record is not dated; it belongs to the reign of the Rashtrakuta king Amoghavarsha.
This is not dated; it belongs to the reign of the Rashtrakuta king Krishna-Kannihadeva (i.e., Krishna III?).
It refers itself to the reign of the Rashtrakuta king [Kho]ttigadeva and mentions his feudatory Permanadi of the Ganga dynasty.
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 Rashtrakuta
It is clear also that in the spirit of the deccan that normally prevailed, the Rashtrakutas encouraged and made Kannada and Sanskrit their official languages.
The Rashtrakuta inscriptions are almost all in the Kannada script and language.
See The great Karnataka Expansion.However one must remember that Karnataka as a state came into effect in 20th century and that is story of all states in India.
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 Rashtrakuta information - Search.com
Rashtrakuta inscriptions are in Kannada closer to and in the core Kannada country at that time and in Sanskrit going farther away from their crux land.
A.S. Altekar claims in his book Rashtrakutas and their Times (1934) that while the Rashtrakutas were descendants of the Rastiks or Rathikas mentioned in the edits of King Ashoka, the original home of builders of the Rashtrakuta empire was present day Karnataka.
It is ascribed to the Rashtrakuta ruler Amoghavarsha I Nripatunga.
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The Rashtrakuta Dantidurga married a Chalukya princess and became a vassal king about 733; he and Gujarat's Pulakeshin helped Chalukya emperor Vikramaditya II repulse an Arab invasion, and Dantidurga's army joined the emperor in a victorious expedition against Kanchi and the Pallavas.
The next Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna I completed the demise of the Chalukya empire and was succeeded about 773 by his eldest son Govinda II.
The Rashtrakutas reigned over a vast empire when he died in 967; but with no living issue the struggle for the throne despite the efforts of Ganga king Marasimha III resulted in the triumph of Chalukya king Taila II in 974.
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 Kannauj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By the end of the 8th century, Kannauj became the focus of a three-way contest by the three dominant dynasties of the time, the Pratiharas of Malwa, the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan, and the Palas of Bengal.
The Pratiharas ruled much of northern India in the latter half of the 8th century, but they had weakened by the early 10th century.
The Rashtrakuta king Indra III captured Kannauj in 916, and by the end of that century, the Pratihara domains had been reduced to a small kingdom around the town of Kannauj.
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 Ellora
The work of such a stupendous nature was started under the patronage of the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I, and there is reason to believe that this artistic activity continued for several generations.
The Rashtrakutas were the successors of the Chalukyas of the Deccan and during the period of Krishna I (last quarter of the 8
The supreme political power and abundant resources of the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I have a bearing on the sculptures of the Kailasa temple which are distinguished by their dynamic energy, gigantic forms of modeling and animated expression.
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