The Rashtrakutas and their Times c11.s2.3

c11.s2.3

The omission in the Sangli plates of Govinda IV of the name of Amoghavarsha II, and the statement there, that the former meditated upon the feet of Indra Nityavarsha and not upon those of Amoghavarsha, his immediate predecessor, show that the two brothers were on inimical terms. The phrase 'tatpādanudhyāta' does not necessarily indicate that the two kings immediately followed each other. Some of the Chālukya grants assert (I. A., VI, pp. 184, 194) that Durlabha meditated on the feet of Chāmuṇḍa though Vallabha was his immediate predecessor. Amoghavarsha II was a youth of only about twenty five⁵⁸ at the time of his accession and his