The Rashtrakutas and their Times c12.s1.21

c12.s1.21

A record from Sravan Belgola¹⁰ refers to a battle between Rakkasa-mane and Koneya Ganga when Bogya, a servant of Gaṅga-Vajra, rallied his retreating forces and made the whole forces of Vaddega and Koneya Gaṅga flee with terror. Although it cannot be proved at present that Koneya was another name of Būtuga and Vajra of Rāchamalla, the record shows that the forces of Amoghavarsha III, who was also known as Baddega, were operating against the Gangas, showing thereby that it was in his reign, and not in that of his son, that Būtuga was put on the Ganga throne. Kṛṣṇa, therefore, was clearly a crown-prince when he performed the above-mentioned exploits.