Monarchical Imperialism in India reached its igh watermark in the Rashtrakuta period (753 973 A.D.). The Rashtrakuta kings were great both in war and peace time activities. They not only carried their military successes a number of times to the Himalayas and the Ocean, commanded the overlorship of the entire contemporary India but also, they equally proved master patrons of culture, art, philosophy, religion, trade and commerce, etc., making it an era in their own name as the Imperial Rashtrakuta Age. Such splendid achievements on both cultural and political fronts in war and peace times alike were possible only under the direction of a strong and effective state. The Rashtrakuta State was a well-knit Saptanga Rajya, organised on sound lines which planned and executed the schemes in a masterly manner to its perfection. Hence to judge the place of the Rashtrakutas in the Political arena, to understand and estimate their achievements in all spheres of activity a thorough knowledge of the organisation and working of the Rashtrakuta Rajya is indispensable.
The very basis of the Rashtrakutas activity was the State - 'The Rashtrakuta Rajya'. The term Rajya denotes Kingship, State and its Seven Constituents, the Empire, Polity and the Administration in its entirety. As this thesis deals with all these aspects, the title Rashtrakuta Rajya' is appropriate.
The method applied is structural and functional. The structure and functions of the Rashtrakuta Rajya are viewed and examined on the basis of works written during the comtemporary period. The work in modelled on the lines of 'Nitivakyamrta' an original handbook on polity written by Somadevasuri in the Rashtrakuta period. a Fresh approach of utilisng literary works as the primary source and epigraphs as the supporting and corroborative source is followed. The epigraphs of not only the Rashtrakutas but their contemporaries as well are used. The historical methods applied in the research comprise a critical evaluation of the nature and functions of the 'Rashtrakutas Rajya
India is a country where the monarchical traditions have had long cherished development and history. Monarchy was the popular form of govenment until the middle of the present century when India became independent of the British rule and switched over from Monarchy to Democracy.
Monarchical Imperialism in India reached its igh watermark in the Rashtrakuta period (753-973 A.D.). The Rashtrakuta kings were great both in war and peace time activities. They not only carried their military successes a number of times to the Himalayas and the Ocean, commanded the overlorship of the entire contemporary India but also, they equally proved master patrons of culture, art, philosophy, religion, trade and commerce, etc., making it an era in their own name as the Imperial Rashtrakuta Age. Such splendid achievements on both cultural and political fronts in war and peace times alike were possible only under the direction of a strong and effective state. The Rashtrakuta State was a well-knit Saptanga Rajya, organised on sound lines which planned and executed the schemes in a masterly manner to its perfection. Hence to judge the place of the Rashtrakutas in the Political arena, to understand and estimate their achievements in all spheres of activity a thorough knowledge of the organisation and working of the Rashtrakuta Rajya is indispensable.
In the light of the fact that the Rashtrakuta dynasty stands as a remarkable dynasty with its splended achievements in both the State pursuits and cultural advances, it is to be noted that, not many works are written on it.
Acharya Bal Sastry Jambekar made a beginning in the study of the Rashtrakuta dynasty by publishing in the Journal of Bombay Branch of Royal Asiatic Society (JBBRAS), 1843, the Kharepatan Copper Grant of the Saka 930 i.e., 1008 A.D. with fascimile, a Devanagari transcript with English translation and explanatory note. The Grant provides names of 14 kings of the Rasshtrakuta dynasty beginning with Dantidurga and then its final subjugation by Tailapa of the Chalukya race.
R.G. Bhandarkar for the first time gave an account of the Rashtrakutas in a chronological order and also discussed their political and cultural history on the basis of the literary and epigraphical evidences then available in his Early History of the Dekkan, published in 1884 as part of the Bombay state Gazetteer.
This was followed by the noteworthy contribution in this field by J.F.Fleet in his works-'Pali, Sanskrt and old Kanarese Inscriptions' and 'The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts' published in 1896.
But the masterly work on the Rashtrakutas was written by a profound scholar from Maharastra, Dr. Anant Sadasiv Altekar under the title Rashtrakutas and their times' during the thirties of the present century. The work is a comprehensive general account of the family history and the cultutal achievements of the rulers with an insight into the political conditions of contemporary India.
Sine then, for a long period the dynasty did not receive attention at the hands of researchers. It is only recently, that a seminar on Rashtrakutas was held under the auspices of the Mythic Society, Bangalore. The seminar papers are recently published.
In 1990 a thesis on the Rashtrakutas has been published by the Kurukshetra University, Haryana. The author, A.P. Madan has dealt in great detail about the political history of the Rashtrakutas.
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