The Rashtrakutas and their Times c9.s3.42
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c9.s3.42
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c9.s3.42
⁵⁵ An inscription hailing from Gudigeri in Dharwar district (E. I., VI, p. 257) which, on palæographical grounds can be assigned to c. 800 A.D., refers to a glorious mahārāja, Mārāssaḷba by name, as ruling over that district, Fleet had opined (*Ibid*) that this ruler may be the same as king Māraś'arva, who, in the Rādhanpur plates, is described as submitting to Govinda at the mere news of his approach to the Vindhya regions. This view is, however, untenable. Māraś'arva was a petty ruler ruling at Sarbhon in Bharoch district as will become evident from the following reasons :—