The Rashtrakutas and their Times c8.64

c8.64

A review of Dantidurga's career will show that he was a leader gifted with political insight and possessed of great organising capacity. He could see how the Chālukya empire had become weakened by its incessant wars with the Pallavas and how the petty states of Gujrat, exhausted by the Muslim forays, could no longer hold their own against a resolute conqueror. Forming wise alliances, proceeding cautiously step by step, utilising the services of his youthful nephews and mature uncles, he gradually enlarged his kingdom until it included southern Gujrat, Khandesh, Berar, and northern