[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) › c8.13 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c8.13 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c8.13 - **Language:** English ### [c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c8.13) The Kairā and Panchmahāl districts were not held for a long time by the Gurjara-Cālukya forces. From Al Biladuri we learn that Junaid, the Arab governor of Sindha, had sent expeditions to the kingdoms of Marwar, Bharoch, Ujjain, Mālvā and Bhinmal.⁸ The account of the Muslim chronicler is confirmed by the Naosari plates of Pulakeśiraja, dated 739 A.D.,⁹ which state that the Muslim army, which had defeated the kings of Sindh, Kachchha, Kathiawar and the Chayda, Maurya, and Gurjara rulers, was repulsed by Pulakeśin. Since the grant is dated 739 A.D., and since Pulakeśin's accession took place in 731 A.D., the Muslim raid must have taken place between these two dates. The havoc of the Muslim raid and the effort to repulse it must have weakened the states in Gujarat and Malva, and Dantidurga must have decided to fully exploit this situation when he began his career in c. 745 A.D. at the age of about 22 or 23. His imagination must have been fired to some extent by his descent from the Cālukyas on his mother's side. - [Previous: c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c8.12) - [Next: c8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c8.14) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c8.13) · Pramāṇa