The Rashtrakutas and their Times c10.29

c10.29

What with these internal revolts and what with his naturally spiritual temperament, Amoghavarsha had neither the time nor the inclination to take energetic part in the politics of northern India. The revolt of his Gujrat cousins, which will be soon described, had also seriously handicapped him. His Gurjara-Pratīhāra contemporary, Mihira Bhoja, was extending his dominions right upto Kathiawar, but Amoghavarsha did not lift even a finger to arrest his progress. Had he the ability or the temper of his father, he would surely have opposed tooth and nail the Gurjara-Pratīhāra expansion just beyond his own borders. Nor does he seem to have interfered much with the affairs of Bengal. A passage in his Sirur inscription no doubt states that the ruler or rulers of Anga, Vanga and Magadha also paid homage to him. But some of the Pāla records also claim that Nārāyaṇapāla had defeated a Dravida king, who must in all probability have been Amoghavarsha I himself. The conflict with Gauda kingdom must have taken place towards the end of his career, sometime after the defeat of the Vengi ruler. It would seem that after occupying Vengi maṇḍala the generals of Amoghavarsha advanced through Orissa (19) further eastwards, when they may have come into hostile contact with Vanga forces. Only a