The Rashtrakutas and their Times c8.50

c8.50

²⁷ Dubreuil has suggested that Dantivarman cemented this alliance by giving his daughter S'ankhā in marriage to Nandivarman (Pallavas, p. 75) There are several difficulties in accepting this theory. In the first place it may be pointed out that the Bahur plates simply mention that S'ankhā was a Rāshṭrakūṭa princess; the name of her father is not given. (S. I. I., II, p. 515). We have seen already how there were several Rathi or Rāshṭrakūṭa families in Andhra and Karnatak; it is not impossible that S'ankhā may have belonged to one of these and may have been altogether unconnected with the house of Dantidurga. In the second place it may be pointed out that Nandivarman, who had married S'ankhā, was the son of Tantivarman (See V. 12 of the Bahur plates; S. I. I., II, p. 515), while Nandivarman, who was the ally and [P. T. O.