The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.60

v2.c29.s2.60

The above table shows that in three generations, within a period of less than three-quarters of a century (*c.* 888-956 A.D.), there were no less than six marriages between the two families. The recent discovery of the Jura inscription of Kṛṣṇa III in the State of Maihar in Baghelkhand and the references to the possible Rāṣṭrakūṭa occupation of Kalinjar contained in the Deoli and Karhad plates of the same king show that the Rāṣṭrakūṭas' dominions during this period probably encircled the Kalacuri kingdom in the north, west, and south.¹ It is not impossible that the Kalacuris may have even assisted the Rāṣṭrakūṭas in their northern campaigns against the Gurjara-Pratīhāras and their Candella feudatories. But the references to the conflict of the Kalacuris and the Karṇāṭas show that this period of close alliance and co-operation had come to an end. This conclusion is also supported by the Karhad plates of Kṛṣṇa III, which tell us that during his father's reign (*c.* 933-40 A.D.) he conquered a Sahasrārjuna prince.¹ From the fact that this prince is described as ‘an elderly relative of his mother and his wife’ it seems very likely that the defeated Kalacuri prince was no other than Yuvarāja I, the father of his mother. This conflict must have happened some time before 940 A.D., when Yuvarāja was already well advanced in years.