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Reign of Rashtrakuta Amoghavarsha (from 814)

Type Event Region South Asia Time 814–878

Amoghavarsha I acceded in 814 CE and ruled the Rashtrakuta dynasty over sixty years, one of 9th-century South India's most influential rulers, noted …

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  1. 814–820Manyakheta · KarnatakaAmoghavarsha acceded after his uncle's abdication or death, moving the capital from the Ellora area to Manyakheta, establishing a long-term center of rule over the central Deccan Plateau.
  2. 815–860Kannauj · Uttar PradeshRashtrakuta armies repeatedly marched north to contest Kannauj with the Pratiharas and Palas; Amoghavarsha captured the city early in his reign but could not hold it long, forming the famous 9th-century three-way stalemate.
  3. 850–878Court of Manyakheta · KarnatakaIn his later years Amoghavarsha turned to peaceful rule and a religious policy blending Jainism and Buddhism, patronizing Sanskrit literature and personally composing the Kavirajamarga, promoting the standardization of Kannada literature as Deccan culture entered a flourishing period.

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