Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c8.45

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Amoghavarsha was succeeded by his son Kṛishṇa also called Akālavarsha, both his names being the same as those of the Gujarat Rāshṭrakūṭa king of the same time (A.D. 888).³ It has been noted above that, in consequence of the attempt of Karka's son Dhruva I. (A.D. 835-867) to establish his independence, Amoghavarsha's relations with the Gujarāt Rāshṭrakūṭas became extremely hostile and probably continued hostile till his death (A.D. 877). That Amoghavarsha's son Kṛishṇa kept up the hostilities is shown by Indra's two Navsāri plates of Śaka 836 (A.D. 914) which mention his grandfather Kṛishṇa fighting with the roaring Gurjjara.⁴ Regarding this fight the late Rāshṭrakūṭa Kardā plate (Ś. 891 A.D. 978) further says that Kṛishṇa's enemies frightened by his exploits abandoned Kheṭaka, that is Khedā, with its Mandala and its forest that is the surrounding country. Probably this roaring Gurjjara or king of Gujarat, was a northern ally called in by some Rāshṭrakūṭa of the