The Rashtrakutas and their Times c12.s2.14

c12.s2.14

According to the Siddhalingamadam inscription, we have seen that Kṛṣṇa had already conquered Kanchi and Tanjore before the fifth year of his reign. His accession took place either in 939 A.D., or perhaps in 940 A.D., and, therefore, his occupation of Tondai-Maṇḍalam may be placed in c. 945 A.D. T. A. Gopinath Rao's view²¹ that Tondai-Maṇḍalam could not have been occupied before the battle of Takkolam ignores the possibility of that battle itself being the result of a counter-move on the part of Parāntaka to oust the invador. The entry referred to in the Sholapuram inscription would be recording the further advance of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa army after the victory at Takkolam.