The Rashtrakutas and their Times c10.26

c10.26

Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar has recently shown(16) that there are no real genealogical discrepancies in the Konnur inscription of Amoghavarsha I; we would, therefore, be justified in assuming that though the record was put on stone about a couple of centuries later than the time of the events it narrates, it must have been based upon a genuine document. From this record it appears that the reign of Amoghavarsha was a period of internal revolts and that before 860 A.D. at least three serious rebellions had broken, challenging the imperial authority. The first of these was the one that had broken out when he was a child, the second when he was engaged in his wars with his Gujrat cousins, and the third sometime later. Details about these revolts are not given, but it seems that the third was a very serious one(17) when the situation was saved only by the timely arrival of his Banavāsi viceroy, Baṅkeya. It would seem that Kṛṣṇa, the heir-apparent, had joined the rebels, and Baṅkeya defeated and destroyed the enemy forces when Kṛṣṇa had left them, (18) In return for his loyalty and signal services, Baṅkeya was made the governor of Banavsi 12,000, Belgol 300, Kundarge 70, Kundur 500 and Purigeri 300.