The Rashtrakutas and their Times c10.s1.12

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Karka Suvarnavarsha was succeeded by his son Dhruva I alias Dhārāvarsha in c. 830 A.D.; we have a land grant of his, issued in 835 A.D., wherein he recognises Amoghavarsha as his feudal lord.³⁰ But very soon thereafter, the Gujrat branch was entangled in a long war with a king called Vallabha, which lasted for three generations. Dhruva I lost his life on the battle-field while repelling the forces of his enemy, his followers joined the enemy and his son Akāla-varsha S'ubhatunga too had to regain his ancestral dominions from the enemy, viz. king Vallabha. His victory over his enemy, however, was not a decisive one, for his son Dhruva II had to continue the fight. He had to face a powerful Gurjara army on one side and the forces of Vallabha on the other And his relatives had grown disloyal and an unnamed younger brother of his was conspiring against him.³¹ He was able to tide over this situation with the assistance of his brother Govinda. We find him firm upon the throne in 867 A.D., when he had emerged victorious from the crisis.