The Rashtrakutas and their Times c7.s1.122

c7.s1.122

We shall conclude this chapter with a survey of the careers of the predecessors of Dantidurga. The earliest of them known from the records of the Malkhed house is Dantivarman who, according to the theory here proposed, was either a son or a brother of Nannarāja. He is known to us only from the Daśāvatāra cave inscription,⁶¹ which gives us only a conventional account of his bravery and career. It is doubtful, however, whether he was in any way greater than his predecessor, who was proud to announce the fact of his having won the Pañcamahāś’abdas. One of the scions of the Gujrat Rāṣṭrakūṭa branch, the younger brother of Dhruvarāja, was named after him.⁶² The probable time when Dantivarman ruled is 650-670 A.D., whether we make the calculation from the known date of Dantidurga or of Nannarāja, allowing an average of about 20 years per reign.