Rashtrakuta dynasty (<3 pal--XXchalu) (jan 1, 700 – jan 1, 900)

Description:

Kannada language
 Feudatories of Chalukyas of Badami
 Dantidurga – Alliance with the Pallavas - defeated the Chalukyas (753CE) and consolidated the empire.

Title of Rajadhiraja & Parameswara.


 Dhruva jumped into tripartite struggle and won first.



 Amoghavarsha (814-878CE) – longest ruler - - Manyakhet or Malkhed

Kavirajamarga in Kannada
Prasnottaramalika in Sanskrit


Aspects
 Amoghavarsha Nripathunga - Patron of Arts – Digambara acharya Jinasena, Sanskrit grammarian Sakatayana and the mathematician Mahaviracharya.

 Arab traveler Sulaiman visited Silsilat Al-tawarikh
(The Chain Of Chronicles) – tolerance
 “Asoka of the South”



 Aprabhramsa and the development of Kannada literature
 Indra III conquered Kannauj from Pratiharas
 Krishna III – defeated Cholas (Battle of Takkolam 949CE)


Culture
 Al-Masudi - Murūj uz-Zahāb – called Rashtrakutas the greatest kings of India
 Ellora and Elephanta Caves


Administration
 The kingdom was divided into Mandala or Rashtras (provinces). A Rashtra was ruled by a Rashtrapathi.
 Under a Rashtra was a Vishaya (district) overseen by a Vishayapathi.
 Below the Vishaya was the Nadu (Bhukti) looked after by the Nadugowda or Nadugavunda;
 The lowest division was a Grama or village administered by a Gramapathi or Prabhu Gavunda

 Kotwal - law and order






Rashtrakutas widely patronized the Sanskrit literature.
 Trivikrama Bhatta wrote Nalachampu.
 Halayudha composed Kavirahasya during the reign of Krishna III.
 Jinasena composed Parsvabhudaya, a biography of Parsva in verses.
 Jinasena wrote the Adipurana, the life stories of various Jain saints.
 Sakatayana wrote Amogavritti, a grammar work.
 Viracharya – a Great mathematician of this period wrote Ganitasaram.
 During the period of the Rashtrakutas, the Kannada literature saw its
beginning.
 Kavirajamarga composed by Amogavarsha’s was the first poetic work in the
Kannada language.
 Pampa was the greatest of the Kannada poets and Vikramasenavijaya is his
famous work

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