An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s19.t3.28

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*4.19.10 Lower Deccan.* The area now covered by Karnataka State was ruled by several important dynasties in the late historical period—the Chalukyas, the Rāṣṭrakūṭas, the Yādavas, the Hoysaḷas, etc.,—who studded the land with temples and left behind inscriptions and coins. But the archaeology proper of the area during this period has been inadequately studied, with the result that hardly anything of the material culture is known.