The Rashtrakutas and their Times c7.s1.25

c7.s1.25

Abhimanyu is lion, whereas that of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas of Malkhed is either Śiva or Eagle. Nor is there any similarity in the names of the members of the two families. The territory over which Abhimanyu was ruling was, however, immediately to the north of the kingdom of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Nannarāja who was, as will be presently shown, very probably either a direct or a collateral ancestor of Dantidurga. Since on palaeographical grounds, the grant of Abhimanyu can be placed in the middle of the 7th century, Mānāṅka, Devarāja, Bhavishya and Abhimanyu become the contemporaries, as will be shown below, of Durgarāja, Govindarāja, Svāmikarāja and Nannarāja respectively of the Tivarkhed and Multai plates. The kingdoms of these Rāṣṭrakūṭa families were also contiguous to each other. It is not unlikely that the two houses may have been connected with each other by blood relationship; but definite evidence to establish such connection is still wanting.