The Rashtrakutas and their Times c7.s1.42

c7.s1.42

It will be presently shown that the early exploits of Dantidurga and his father, Indra, e. g. the latter's feat of carrying away by force (*rākshasa vivāha*) a Chālukya princess from Kaira, Dantidurga's occupation, at the beginning of his career, of Gujrāt and northern Mahārāshtra and the defeat of the kings of Sindh, Mālvā and Kos'ala, would indicate that the family must have been ruling in the feudatory capacity somewhere in the central or western portion of Central India, prior to the rise of Dantidurga in c. 745 A.D. We learn from the Tivarkhed and the Multāi grants, that Nannarāja was also ruling in a portion of the territory above indicated. The Tivarkhed plates were issued from Achalapura, which is the same as Elichpur in Berar; Tivarkhed itself was granted away by the charter, and it is only 55 miles from Elichpur. The villages referred to in the Multāi plates have not yet been identified, but Multāi, where the plates were discovered, is only about 20 miles from Tivarkhed. Nannarāja and his ancestors were ruling in Berar and their capital was probably at Elichpur. The exploits of Dantidurga also can best be explained if we assume that his patrimony was somewhere in Berar. This province occupies a central position with reference to Kaira, Ujjain, Sirpur and Satara, where we know that his forces were operating at the beginning of his career.*