History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c34.s5.3.4

v3.c34.s5.3.4

Now this inscription opens with† the expression "protected by the arms of the kings belonging to the famous and Akhila (all-pervading) Rāshṭrakūṭa clan". This suggests that the Rāshṭrakūṭa kula consisted of many branches and they protected or reigned over the whole of Pānchāla which included Kanauj. Indeed the kingdom of Kanauj was always known as the kingdom of Pānchāla (Al-Beruni states that Kanauj was famous for Pāṇḍavas meaning the Pānchālas who were their foremost supporters and Draupadi belonged to their country). The word Akhila in this verse would be meaningless if it did not refer to the other Rāshṭrakūṭa branches ruling in Pānchāla itself. This is a very old authority dating from before the last days of Jaichand to hold that Jaichand was also a Rathod as he is everywhere represented to be in later history. And there is no other family among the 36 clans to which the Gāhadavālas have been assigned as a branch in any tradition or record and we may conclude that the Gaharwars of U P. and the Rathods of Jodhpur are one clan viz. Rāṣṭrakūṭa.