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Critically evaluate the contribution of Rashtrakutas to art and culture
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- Cultural Traditions in India, 750-1200
Ruling the Deccan from the mid-8th to the late 10th century, the Rashtrakutas presided over one of the most eclectic patronage regimes of early medieval India, sponsoring Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Jain establishments simultaneously and financing the single most ambitious rock-cut monument on the subcontinent. Yet a genuinely critical assessment must separate the scale and confidence…
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