The Rashtrakutas and their Times c8.51

c8.51

opponent Kīrtivarman II. It is no doubt true that a number of records, like the Daśāvatāra one, state that Dantidurga had defeated the king of Kanchi as well; but this statement is not against the theory of alliance. For Nandivarman I was not the son of his predecessor Parameśvaravarman, as the Udayendiram plates were supposed to prove. He was born in a collateral branch and seems to have supplanted by force either Parameśvaravarman or his successor.²⁸ Dantidurga may probably have helped Nandivarman in this war against his predecessor. Hence his records may well claim that he had defeated the Pallava king. It was probably when Dantidurga was cooperating with the forces of Nandivarman that he may have defeated or come into hostile contact with the ruler of Śrīśaila in Karnul district.