The Rashtrakutas and their Times c12.s4.33

c12.s4.33

The main task of Taila II was accomplished after the defeat of Karkka II; he had, however, to fight with a number of other Rāṣṭrakūṭa claimants for the vacant throne for some time. The powerful Ganga feudatory, Noḷambāntaka Mārasimha, espoused the cause of Indra IV, a grandson of Kṛṣṇa III and the son of his own sister. He crowned him king (59) but his protégé, who was perhaps too young and inexperienced, could not maintain his own. His epitaph at Sravana Belgola (60) no doubt describes him as 'hero among brave men', 'the bravest of the brave', 'a marvel among those who take by force (the glory of the enemies)'; but these are all conventional adjectives.