The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c8.s12.6

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But even if we suppose that the cousins of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa ruler Abhimanyu ruling in Chhattisgarh and southern Mahārāṣṭra were known as Rāṣṭrakūṭas, the theory of a Rāṣṭrakūṭa empire of the sixth century embracing the whole of the Deccan does not become acceptable. In Chhattisgarh the rule of the so-called Rāṣṭrakūṭas came to an end with Sudevarāja, the great-uncle of Abhimanyu. There is no evidence whatsoever to show that any of his descendants were ruling over this part of the country after c. A.D. 510. The province had then passed under the rule of the Somavaṁśī kings, as we know from the charters of Tivaradeva, who describes himself as the lord of the whole Kośala country. No descendants either of Abhimanyu of the western Madhya Pradesha or Avidheya of southern Mahārāṣṭra are known to have held sway in the territories concerned from c. 530 onwards.