In south, who was the founder of the dynasty called Rashtrakuta dynasty?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Dantidurga.
Natidurga was the founder of the Rashtrakuta Empire who established his capital at Manyakhet or Malkhed near modern Sholapur.
Rashtrakuta was a dynasty that ruled over large areas of South India, Central India and North India (735-982).
75 inscriptions found in South India and Gujarat throw light on their lineage on 8 inscriptions that Rashtrakutas call themselves Satyaki who was of Yaduvanshi and was one of the seven chief generals of the Narayani army in the Mahabharata. Scholars and historians support his lineage as Rashtrakutas. That Rashtrakuta is Yaduvanshi Kshatriya. In an inscription engraved in 860 AD, it is stated that Rashtrakuta ruler Dantidurga was born in the lineage of Yaduvanshi Satyaki. Govind III. An inscription from 860 AD states that Rashtrakuta ruler Dantidurga descended from Yaduvanshi Satyaki. Shri Krishna had become victorious by being born in Yaduvanshi. In the book Kavir Rahasya written by Halayudh, the Rashtrakuta kings have been described as the descendants of Yaduvanshi Satyaki. In a copper plate written by Amoghavarsha I in 950, he has written himself as Yaduvanshi in a copper plate written in 914 AD. Dantidurga Yaduvanshi has been written, before 860 AD we did not know anything about the lineage of Rashtrakuta kings.