The Rashtrakutas and their Times c7.s1.30

c7.s1.30

Multai plates were correct, it was possible to argue that Nandarāja was a younger brother of Nannarāja and, therefore, may have been on the throne even 78 years later than the elder brother. But it is shown above that the grantor of the plates in question is Nannarāja, and not Nandarāja, and therefore identical with the ruler who had issued the Tivarkhed plates. In his grant issued in 631-2 A.D., Nannarāja claims that unlike his ancestors he was a ruler entitled to the dignity of the pañchamahās'abda, which he had personally won. He must be at least 25 at this time; could he be then still on the throne 78 years later? We have got the case of Nizam-ul-Mulk, who died when he was 104; so this is not impossible. But we must confess that such a long reign, as distinguished from life, is very rare, and it is therefore almost certain that the date of one of the two records is wrong.