The Rashtrakutas and their Times c19.s1.t1.1

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Writers on the Nītiśāstra devote a large space to the description of the various types of forts (durga) and declare that the strength of the army becomes immensely increased if it can take their shelter. The Deccan, over which the Rāṣṭrakūṭas were ruling, affords ideal opportunities for the construction of mountain forts. It is, therefore, strange that neither Muslim chroniclers nor epigraphical documents should give any information about or description of the forts of the period. This silence will have to be interpreted as accidental. The Konur inscription of Amoghavarsha I(38) refers in glowing terms to the great feat of Bankeya in capturing the fort of Kedala from the enemy; it is, therefore, clear that the value of the forts was well understood by the