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Discuss the role of the Rashtrakutas for the mastery of Kanauj and assess their contribution to art and culture.

  • UPSC 1992
  • Cultural Traditions in India, 750-1200

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The Rashtrakutas, ruling the Deccan from Manyakheta between the mid-eighth and late tenth centuries, are conventionally treated as the third and often decisive party in the tripartite struggle for Kanauj, contesting that Gangetic seat of imperial legitimacy against the Gurjara-Pratiharas of western India and the Palas of Bengal-Bihar. Their repeated Deccan-to-Gangetic campaigns never produced durable…

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  • Mastery of Kanauj: The Rashtrakuta Interventions
  • Contribution to Religion
  • Contribution to Art and Architecture
  • Contribution to Literature
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