The Rashtrakutas Video Lecture | History for UPSC CSE

the rashtrakutas
in this module you will learn about the
rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas in the
beginning what tributary kings of the
Chalukyas and later became the rulers of
a vast Kingdom in the south
some historians consider the rashtrakuta
Empire as one of the largest in buyers
in India that took the glory of
Karnataka to its pee
their kingdom extended from the norm of
that river in the north to the Kaveri
River in the south
the kingdom began with don t Durga and
continued with Krishna Govinda the
second Dhruva who endure the third
omocha Borgia and others
omocha Varsha had to face many threats
and obstacles but he was a peace-loving
monarch
omocha Varsha was a brave and secular
ruler
he maintained diplomacy by developing
marital relations with the Ganga's and
the Pallavas
during his rule the ports of the West
Coast enjoyed great prosperity and
became trading centres some having ties
with Borgia and Arabia
many travelers and merchants visited the
kingdom during this period the most
noteworthy of them being the Arab
traveller Suleiman
who praised Emolga Russia as one of the
four powerful Emperor's of the world
Krishna to Indra third and Krishna third
ascended the throne after King mo
Ganesha
during the period of carga ii the
administration was weak
this led to the rise of his tributary
King die lapa the second of the kalyana
cha Lucas and brought the end of the
rashtrakuta rule the rashtrakuta
kingship was hereditary and they were
assisted by a council of ministers like
the MAS and averag rahi who handled
foreign affairs
the kingdom for administrative purposes
was divided into Rosh resort mandalas
Vaishyas nando's and dramas
the leader of the grammar was the gramma
potty or prabhu govinda who was also the
leader of the village army
but he was assisted by the village
accountant and they were brahma Saba's
too
an official called nada Govinda was
appointed in the nanos similar officials
were appointed in the Visayas and rush
rus'
the vishaya potty was the officer for
the Vishera or the district and the
Rashtrapati was the officer for the
rostra
the kingdom derived its income from land
revenue toll on goods houses shops tax
on occupations like operating ferries
and foreign trade the rashtrakutas
encouraged Kannada and Sanskrit
knowledge shampoo the first jump of work
in sanskrit literature was written by 3v
karma
a Moga versus court consisted of
Jennison mathematician Mahavira
grammarian Shikata Jana guna Bhadra and
V receiver Haleh you darude kuvira Haase
and sri vidhyaa wrote kaviraja Marga
ah dkv bumpy road are the piranhas and
vikrama arjuna's vijaya in Canada shanty
piranha was composed by oberek of Epona
these works are very significant in
gonna de literature as it shows its
evolution the prominent educational
centers in those days were a grahas and
Marc's knowledge of Sanskrit the Vedas
astrology logic and the Puranas was
imparted one of the leading centers of
learning was solid ghee in the Indy
taluka of Bijapur district the
rashtrakuta Kings were devotees of Shiva
and Vishnu
they built many shiva and vishnu temples
Jainism received royal patronage and
became a widespread religion other
religions too were encouraged the
rashtrakuta Kings were patrons of art
and the contribution to Indian art can
be seen in the Elora and elephant a cave
temples
krishna the first building monolithic
they last not temple at ellora
the guy lash not temple has been carved
from a single rock 100 feet high
276 feet long and 154 feet wide
the famous dashavatara cave temple is
located near it
the milestone of rashtrakuta sculpture
is seen at the elephant caves near
mumbai in the form of an exquisitely
carved statue of ordinary shuara and
mesh Murthy
the rashtrakuta temples are located in
sheer avala a beautiful giant temple is
located at what did the god
let us now recap all the important
points that we have covered in this
module on the rashtrakuta dynasty and
their contributions to administration
literature and architecture
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