The Rashtrakutas and their Times c10.9

c10.9

But clouds were gathering fast. Almost at each previous succession there were troubles, and the presence of the boy emperor on the throne must have aroused imperial ambitions in several hearts. There arose factions in the imperial family; ministers became disloyal; the Ganga ruler, who had been set at liberty, declared independence and sheltered rebels against his feudal lord; feudatories began to kill imperial officers and assert their own independence; (5) and the hereditary enemies of the empire began to invade it. No records have handed down the names or the localities of the rebels. They were completely successful for a time. Amoghavarsha was deposed (6) and there followed confusion and anarchy, probably because the rebels must have begun to fight among themselves for the imperial crown. The records, published so far, enable us to determine the time of this rebellion only very roughly; it is not mentioned in the Naosari plates issued