The Rashtrakutas and their Times c9.s3.11
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c9.s3.11
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33. Such was the case with the Ganga ruler whom Govinda had released, probably with the intention of creating a rival against his brother, who was governing Gangawadi, the patrimony of the released king. S'ivamāra Muttarasa, the Ganga ruler, however, joined Stambha who, anticipating the imperial crown, may have promised Gangawadi to its legitimate ruler in order to get his assistance in the fight with Govinda. Fleet's suggestion that the glorious Kaṭṭiyira who is mentioned as reigning over the earth, while Dosirāja was governing Vanavasi 12000, may have been an ally of Stambha, would be plausible only if we assume that this Dosirāja was different from the Dosirāja who was governing portions of Karnatak under Kīrtivarman in 757 A.D. (E. I., VI, pp. 253 ff.)