The Rashtrakutas and their Times c4: Contents

The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c4

*Transliteration* . . . . . ii *Preface* . . . . . iii *Abbreviations* . . . . . viii

PART I—Political History

*Chapter I*, Early Rāṣṭrakūṭa Rulers, Their Stock, Home and Relations with the Predecessors of Dantidurga... ... 1

*Chapter II*, The Rise of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas; Indra I, Dantidurga and Kṛṣṇa I ... 29

*Chapter III*, The Empire at its Zenith ... 48

*Chapter IV*, Amoghavarṣa I and the Gujarat Branch ... 71

*Chapter V*, From Kṛṣṇa II to Govinda IV ... 90

*Chapter VI*, Last Four Rulers ... 111

PART II—A Comparative Study in the Rāṣṭrakūṭa Administration

*Chapter VII*, Political Divisions ... ... 135

*Chapter VIII*, Central Government: King and Ministry ... 150

*Chapter IX*, Provincial, District, Divisional and Town Government ... ... 173

*Chapter X*, Village Government ... ... 188

*Chapter XI*, Revenue and Expenditure ... ... 212

*Chapter XII*, The Military and the Police, and the Feudatories ... ... 246

PART III—A Comparative Study in the Religious, Social, Economic, Literary, and Educational Conditions of the Times

*Chapter XIII*, Religious Condition ... ... 269

*Chapter XIV*, Social Condition ... ... 317

*Chapter XV*, Economic Condition ... ... 353

*Chapter XVI*, Education and Literature... ... 398

*Chapter XVII*, Conclusion ... ... ... 413

*Errata and Addenda* ... ... ... 419

*Bibliography* . . . . . 423