The Rashtrakutas and their Times c8.46

c8.46

Dantidurga seems to have begun his career by attacking his eastern neighbours in Kos'ala,(24) Udayana of Sirpur near Raipur and Jayavardhana of Srīvardhana near Ramtek, who was probably also known as Pṛthvīyāghra.(25) If the Udayendiram plates,(26) issued by Nandivarman II in his 21st year, are geniune or based, like the Konnur inscription of Amoghavarsha I, on a genuine record, it would appear that Dantidurga and Nandivarman II were co-operating with each other in this expedition: for the Udayendiram plates claim that Nandivarman II had captured Udayana, the king of the Sabaras, and defeated Pṛthvīyāghra, another S'abara chief, who was presumptuous enough to perform an As'vamedha sacrifice. Since several records of Dantidurga claim for him also the credit of defeating the Kos'ala ruler or rulers, it seems very likely that he had made an alliance(27) with the Pallava ruler Nandivarman, the natural enemy of his prospective