The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.2

c22.2

An enquiry into the economic conditions of our period is beset with several difficulties. Sources of information, both indigenous and foreign, are scanty and their interpretation is rendered difficult by the uncertainty as to the precise meaning to be attached to the technical terms used therein. It is proposed to utilise in this chapter some of the records hailing from Tamil country. A part of that province was under the Rāshṭrakūṭa occupation for nearly a quarter of a century in the reign of Kṛshṇa III, many of whose records hail from that province, which can be interpreted only with the help afforded by other Chola records. It would be therefore both necessary and useful to supplement our information from other contemporary Chola records.