[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Rashtrakutas and their Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934) › c9.s2.12 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c9.s2.12 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c9.s2.12 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c9.s2.12) 21. The statement of Jinasena पूर्वाम् श्रीमदवन्तिभूभृतिनृपे वत्सादिराजे......। has to be understood to mean that Vatsarāja was ruling at Avanti', especially since we know from the Sanjan plates that there was a Gurjara-Pratīhāra ruler at Avanti in the time of Dantidurga also. The Malava ruler, who helped Govinda II, must, therefore, have been this Vatsarāja or perhaps a local governor of his, and one of the reasons that induced Dhruva to undertake this expedition in the north must have been to punish the Gurjara-Pratīhāra ruler for his partisanship with Govinda II. - [Previous: c9.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c9.s2.11) - [Next: c9.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c9.s2.13) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c9.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c9.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c9.s2.12) · Pramāṇa