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The Rashtrakutas and their Times c20.61

The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c20.61

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c20.61

S'ankarāchārya had founded four Mathas in the four corners of India and very soon subsidiary ones sprang into existence. Till recently these institutions were powers in the land; a decree ( ājñāpatra ) from them was respected by society as implicitly as the command of the king. What was the influence of these institutions over the Deccan of our period?