Branches of Rashtrakuta Dynasty

Branches of Rashtrakuta Dynasty

Several Branches of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty were created by the kings, commanders and relatives of the Rashtrakuta family during their expansion into central and northern India in the eighth to the tenth centuries. These kingdoms ruled during the reign of the parent empire or continued to rule for centuries after the its fall or came to power much later. Well known among these were the Rashtrakutas of Gujarat (757-888),Reu (1933), p93] the Rattas of Saundatti (875-1230) in modern Karnataka,Reu (1933), p100] the Gahadavalas of Kannauj (1068-1223),Reu (1933), p113] the Rashtrakutas of Rajasthan (known as Rajputana) and ruling from Hastikundi or Hathundi (893-996),Reu (1933), p110] Dahal (near Jabalpur),Jain (2001), pp67-75] Mandore (near Jodhpur), the Rathores of Dhanop,Reu (1933), p112] Rashtraudha dynasty of Mayuragiri in modern MaharashtraDe Bruyne (1968)] and Rashtrakutas of Kannauj.Majumdar (1966), pp50-51]

Rashtrakuta Branches

These branches emerged as a result of Rashtrakuta conquest of North India.

Rashtrakutas of Lata (Gujarat): [The Chronology of Indian History, C.M. Duff, 1972, pp 300-301]
* Indra (807-818) (brother of Govinda III above)
* Karka and Govinda (818-826)
* Dhruva II (835-845)
* Akalavarsha Shubhatunga (867)
* Dhruva III (-871)
* Direct rule from Manyakhet by Krishna II

Rashtrakutas of Hastikundi (Hathundi) (Jodhpur) [The Age of Imperial Kannauj, R.C. Majumdar Ed, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1964, pp 97, 103] [The Rise and Decline of Buddhism in India, K.L. Hazara, Munshiram Manoharlal, 1995, pp 154-155, 103] [Pramukh Aitihasik Jain Purush aur Mahilayen, J.P. Jain, Bharatiya Jnanapith, 1975, p217]
* Harivarma
* Vidagdha (916-938)
* Mammata (939)
* Balaprasada (997)
* The Hathundi Rathores (descendants)

Rashtrakutas of Dahal (near Jabalpur) (Madhya Pradesh) [Bharatiya Digambar Jain Abhilekh: Madhya Pradesh, K. C. Jain, Digambar Jain Sahitya Samrakshan Samiti, 2001, pp 67-75 ]
* Golhanadeva (1023)

Rashtrakutas of Kanauj (11th. century-13th. century) [The Struggle for Empire, R.C. Majumdar Ed, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1966, pp 50-51]
* Gopal (4th king)
* Tribhuvana
* Madanapala (1119)
* Devapala (Lost Shravasti to Gahadavalas in 1128)
* Bhimapala
* Surapala
* Amritapala
* Lakhanpala (In 1202 defeated byQutub-ud-din)
* Mahasamanta Barahadeva (under Gahadavala Adakkhamalla)Rashtrakutas of Mandore/Jodhpur
* The lineage of Rathors 1226 - To date (Mandore/Jodhpur)

Descendants Of Rashtrakuta

Their descendants are spread out over large areas of India. The Rashtraudha dynasty of Mayuragiri, Maharashtra, described in the Rashtraudha Kavya (1596) of Rudrakavi, [J.L. De Bruyne, Rudrakavis Great Poem of the Dynasty of Rastraudha, EJ Brill, 1968] the Rathors Rajputs of Rajasthan and the Rattas of Saundatti in Karnataka also claim descent from them.cite web|title=The Rashrakutas|url=http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/deccan/rashtrakutas/|author=Dr. Jyotsna Kamat|publisher=1996-2006 Kamat's Potpourri|work=|accessdate=2006-12-20]

Notes

References

*cite book |last= De Bruyne|first= J.L.|title= Rudrakavi's Great Poem of the Dynasty of Rastraudha|origyear=1968|year= 1968|publisher= EJ Brill|location= |isbn= 978-9004030985
*cite book |last= Jain|first= K.C.|title= Bharatiya Digambar Jain Abhilekh|origyear=2001|year= 2001|publisher= Digambar Jain Sahitya Samrakshan Samiti|location=Madhya Pradesh |isbn=
*cite book |last= Kamath|first= Suryanath U.|title= A concise history of Karnataka : from pre-historic times to the present|origyear=1980|year= 2001|publisher= Jupiter books|location= Bangalore|oclc= 7796041|id= LCCN|809|0|5179
*cite book |last= Majumdar|first= R.C.|title= The Struggle for Empire|origyear=1966|year= 1966|publisher= Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|location= |isbn=
*cite book |last= Reu|first= Pandit Bisheshwar Nath|title= History of the Rashtrakutas (Rathodas)|origyear=1933|year=1997|publisher= Publication Scheme|location= Jaipur|isbn= 81-86782-12-5


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