[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) › c7.s1.2 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c7.s1.2 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c7.s1.2 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c7.s1.2) (1) While editing the Kadaba plates¹, Hultzsch had suggested that Akālavarṣa Śubhatuṅga, mentioned in Merkara plates² as having flourished in the 5th century A.D., might be a Rāṣṭrakūṭa prince, possibly the father of Indra who, according to the Kauthem plates, was defeated by the early Cālukya prince Jayasiṃha. Akālavarṣa Śubhatuṅga no doubt looks like a Rāṣṭrakūṭa name, but we have to omit this king altogether from our consideration, as the Merkara plates have been shown to be a forgery. - [Previous: c7.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c7.s1.1) - [Next: c7.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c7.s1.3) - [Up: c7.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c7.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c7.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c7.s1.2) · Pramāṇa