The Rashtrakutas and their Times c8.35

c8.35

in the Rāṣṭrakūṭa records about the overthrow of the Chālukyas. Some of the records ascribe the defeat of Kīrtivarman II to Dantidurga and others to Kṛṣṇa I. There can, however, be no doubt that Kṛṣṇa I only completed the work of his nephew. It is no doubt true that the Wani-Dindori¹⁴ and Radhanpur¹⁵ plates of Govinda III, dated 808-9 A.D., Baroda plates of Karka, ¹⁶ dated 812 A.D., and the Kāpadwanj plates of Kṛṣṇa II, ¹⁷ dated 910 A.D., give the credit of the overthrow of the Chālukyas to Kṛṣṇa I, but this is obviously due to the fact that these records altogether pass over Dantidurga, because he was only a collateral ancestor. The Sanjan plates of Amoghavarsha I, ¹⁸ dated 871 A.D., and the Cambay¹⁹ and Sangli²⁰ plates of Govinda IV, dated 930 and 933 A.D. respectively, no doubt mention Dantidurga, but give the credit of the Chālukya overthrow to Kṛṣṇa I. But these are late records and their testimony will have to be rejected in favour of the undoubtedly earliest and almost contemporary records, viz. the Bhārata Itihāsa Samshodhaka Mandala²¹, Talegaon²² and Bhanduk²³ plates of Kṛṣṇa I dated 758, 770 and 774 A.D. respectively. These records were issued by Kṛṣṇa I himself, and they not only do not claim the credit of the Chālukya defeat for him, but actually give it to Dantidurga. There can, therefore, be no doubt that it was Dantidurga, and not Kṛṣṇa I who gave the first decisive blow to the Chālukya house. The later records ascribe that feat in some cases to Kṛṣṇa I, partly because they pass over Dantidurga altogether, and partly because Kṛṣṇa I completed the work of his nephew and humbled the Chālukyas of Vengi as well.