[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) › c28.81 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c28.81 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c28.81 - **Language:** English ### [c28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c28.81) Ransom for lost articles, 390-2 \*Rāṣṭra\*, an administrative unit, 136, 173 \*Rāṣṭrakūṭas\*; early families, 1-11; Yadu descent theory, 16; Rathor descent theory, 17; Telegu origin theory, 17; Marathi descent theory, 18-25; imperial, Canarese family domiciled in Berar, 21-5; not a matriarchal stock, 154; meaning of the term, 26-7; extent of their empire, 135; wars of succession among, 414-5; a dynasty of able rulers, 410; merits of their administration, 416-7; achievements evaluated, 417-8; time and causes of their downfall, 126 \*Rāṣṭramahattaras\*, 158-160; 176 \*Rāṣṭrapati\*, 136; 173-76 \*Rāṣṭravarman\*, 4 \*Rathis\*, different meanings of the term, 26-7; their position in early times, 19-20; spread over Maharashtra and Karnatak, 20-21; and Mahārathis, 25 \*Rāthors\*, 17 \*Raṭṭa\*, ancestor of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas?, 17; earlier form of the term Rāṣṭrakūṭa? 25-6 Reconversion, 304-7 Records, Inspector general of, 170; of right, 170-1; 347-51 Reddis and Rāṣṭrakūṭas, 17-8 Regency administration, 153-4 Remission of taxes, 180-1 Remuneration of officers, 187; of the village headman, 193 Rent free lands, for the village headman, 193; for Taluka officers, 179 - [Previous: c28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c28.80) - [Next: c28.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c28.82) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c28.81) · Pramāṇa