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# The Rashtrakutas and their Times (The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times)

Political history of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas of Mānyakheṭa, then administration, taxation, army, society, religion, literature and economic conditions, from copperplate grants.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [A. S. Altekar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/altekar-as)
- **Extent:** 2,350 passages, 140,125 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Poona 1934; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8 Flash · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (A. S. Altekar †1960)

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c1) — 4 parts
- [c2 Transliteration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c2) — 20 parts
- [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c3) — 11 parts
- [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c4) — 23 parts
- [c5 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c5) — 1 part
- [c6 Part I—Political History](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c6)
- [c7 Chapter I. Early Rāṣṭrakūṭa Rulers, Their Stock, Home, and Relations with the Predecessors of Dantidurga](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c7) — 3 parts
- [c8 Chapter II. The Rise of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas: Indra I, Dantidurga, and Kṛṣṇa I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c8) — 69 parts
- [c9 Chapter III. The Empire at its Zenith](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c9) — 3 parts
- [c10 Chapter IV. Amoghavarsha I and the Gujrat Branch](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c10) — 37 parts
- [c11 Chapter V. Krishna II to Govinda IV](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c11) — 46 parts
- [c12 Chapter VI. Last four Rulers](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c12) — 4 parts
- [c13 Part II. A Comparative Study in the Rashtrakuta Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c13)
- [c14 Chapter VII. Political Divisions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c14) — 48 parts
- [c15 Chapter VIII. Central Government: King and Ministry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c15) — 50 parts
- [c16 Chapter IX. Provincial, District, Divisional and Town Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c16) — 19 parts
- [c17 Chapter X. Village Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c17) — 4 parts
- [c18 Chapter XI. Revenue and Expenditure](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c18) — 7 parts
- [c19 Chapter XII. The Military and Police, and the Feudatories](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c19) — 2 parts
- [c20 Part III. Chapter XIII. Religious Condition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20) — 202 parts
- [c21 Chapter XIV. Social Condition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c21) — 214 parts
- [c22 Chapter XV. Economic Condition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c22) — 258 parts
- [c23 Chapter XVI. Education and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c23) — 2 parts
- [c24 Chapter XVII. Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c24) — 14 parts
- [c25 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c25) — 2 parts
- [c26 Addenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c26) — 4 parts
- [c27 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c27) — 3 parts
- [c28 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c28) — 128 parts

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