Founder - Dantidurga . Capital - Manyakhet or Malkhed near modern Sholapur. The greatest ruler - Govind-III (793-814) and Amoghavarsha (814-878). Govind-III defeated Pratihara king Nagabhat and annexed Malwa , and terrified Pandyas, Chola, and Pallavas of south. Areas the Rashtrakutas ruled include - Deccan, and entire area of modern Maharashtra. Gujarat and Malwa were the bone of contention between the Rashtrakutas and the Pratiharas. They fought constantly against - the Chalukyas of Vengi (modern Andhra Pradesh) in the east. Pallavas of Kanchi in the south Pandyas of Madurai in the south Gangas (of Karnatak) were bound with fetters and met with death. Govind-III imprisoned king of Lanka and brought to Halapur. Amoghvarsha preferred religion and literature to war. He wrote the first Kannada book on poetics - Kavirajmarga . He built the capital of Manyakhet . Indra-III , the grandson of Amoghvarsha , became king in 915 and ruled till 927. Krishna-II...
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