The Rashtrakutas and their Times c10.36

c10.36

Amoghavarsha's policy towards his southern neighbours was also a defensive one. From his Konnur inscription, we learn that his Banvāsī viceroy Baṅkeya had defeated a Ganga chief who may have been Pṛthvīpati II, who claims to have saved king Dindi's son from Amoghavarsha I.²¹ On another occasion he had crossed the Kāveri and invaded the territories beyond, but was compelled to retire by a sudden and urgent call of his master to quell a rebellion. These southern expeditions seem to have been rather defensive than offensive; even Gangawadi, which had recovered its independence towards the beginning of his reign, could be annexed no more. Amoghavarsha had to follow a policy of conciliation, and an alliance was brought about with the Gangas, which was cemented by the marriage of his daughter Chandrobelabbā with the Ganga crown prince Bhūtuga.