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RASHTRAKUTA

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 912 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RASHTRAKUTA , an See also:

Indian See also:dynasty which ruled in the See also:Deccan (q.v.) from about A.D. 750 to 973. The Rashtrakuta or Ratta See also:clan are supposed to have held See also:power during the See also:historical See also:blank before the 6th See also:century; but they came to the front in A.D. 750, when Dantidurga overthrew the See also:Chalukya dynasty and made himself ruler of the Deccan. He was succeeded by his See also:uncle See also:Krishna I. (c. 76o), who completed his conquests, and whose reign is memorable for the See also:execution of the Kailasa, the See also:rock-cut See also:temple at See also:Ellora. His See also:grandson Govinda III. (780—815) extended the power of the See also:family from the See also:Vindhya Mountains and See also:Malwa on the See also:north to Kanchi on the See also:south. The next See also:king, Amogavarsha, reigned for sixty-two years. The reign of Krishna III. was remarkable for a See also:war with the Cholas, in which the Chola king was killed on the See also:field of See also:battle in 949. The last of the Rashtrakuta See also:kings was Karka II., who was overthrown by the Chalukyas in 973.

See R. G. Bhandarkar, See also:

Early See also:History of the Deccan (Bombay, 1884).

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