Rise of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty

Name: Rise of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Start: 753

Type Event Region South Asia Time 753

Around 753 CE, Dantidurga overthrew Chalukya rule in the Deccan and founded the Rashtrakuta dynasty, which came to control much of the Deccan Plateau…

Timeline

753Near Ellora · MaharashtraDantidurga ended Chalukya hegemony through a military coup, proclaiming himself king and laying the foundation of Rashtrakuta rule.
753–780Deccan Plateau · Deccan PlateauRashtrakuta power expanded rapidly, controlling Karnataka, Maharashtra and other regions, forming a three-way standoff with the Gurjara-Pratiharas of the north and the Palas of the east, becoming the strongest polity in 8th-century southern India.

Sources

Encyclopaedia Britannica: Rashtrakuta dynasty https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rashtrakuta-dynasty
A History of South India — K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (1955)