The Rashtrakutas and their Times c10.s1.49

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We can now understand the discrepancy between the Saundatti record of Pṛthvīrāma⁵² according to which Kṛṣṇa II was ruling in 875 A.D., and the Kanheri record⁵³, according to which Amoghavarsha I was on the throne in 877 A.D. Even before 861 A.D., when the Sanjan plates were issued, Amoghavarsha had abdicated more than once; during the concluding years of his reign, his retirements from the administrative duties must have been more frequent and prolonged. He may have been at that time only a theoretical sovereign, his son Kṛṣṇa being the de facto ruler for all practical purposes. It was, therefore, natural that in the documents issued in this period, there should be some confusion as to the name of the ruling king; some would mention the name of the de jure ruler, and some of the de facto one.