The Rashtrakutas and their Times c7.s1.112
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c7.s1.112
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c7.s1.112
A point of minor importance remains to be considered, viz. what was the real and original name of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa family. After an elaborate analysis of the epigraphical evidence upon the point,(55) Fleet has come to the conclusion that 'while Rāṣṭrakūṭa was the formal appellation which it was customary to apply to the kings of Malkhed in ornate language, the real practical form of the family name was Raṭṭa.' He then points out that the form Raṭṭa was not derived from the form Rāṣṭra or Rāṣṭrakūṭa, but that the reverse was the case.