The Rashtrakutas and their Times c11.s2.1

c11.s2.1

Indra died in c. 917 A.D. and was succeeded by his eldest son Amoghavarsha II. Fleet's view that Amoghavarsha II did not reign⁵⁷ cannot be accepted. The Bhadan plates of Aparājita Silāhāra, issued within 80 years of the event in question, distinctly say that Amoghavarsha II ruled for a year; and their testimony is confirmed by the Deoli and Karhad plates of Kṛṣṇa III, which also distinctly say that he did rule. The evidence of these plates is particularly cogent because, with reference to a prince like Jagattunga, who did not ascend the throne, they expressly mention the fact of his having not ruled.