[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Rashtrakutas and their Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934) › c20.73 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c20.73 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c20.73 - **Language:** English ### [c20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.73) It will be thus seen that the Smriti writers of our period were showing a tendency to make the simple Smārta religion as rigid and complex as the S'rauta one; detailed rules, hardly leaving much scope for individual liberty, began to be framed for \*s'aucha\*, \*dantadhāvana\*, bath, \*āchamana\* etc. S'rauta sacrifices had died down in our period but the rigidity of ritualistic details which characterised them became a prominent feature of the Smarta religion from about the 12th century onwards. Our period was the transition period. - [Previous: c20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.72) - [Next: c20.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.74) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.73) · Pramāṇa