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THE POST-MAITRAKA PERIOD
Deccan occupied Gujarat and another Lața branch. was established under Indra, the younger brother of Govind III. Shortly after 888 A.C. it lost its power to the Imperial Rāṣṭrakūṭas, who held direct sway over Lāṭa upto about 930 A.C. The Paramāra kings in NorthEast Gujarat acknowledged the supremacy of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa emperors upto about 950 A.C. Thus the Rāṣṭrakūṭas. held sway over parts of Gujarat almost during the whole of this period.
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As noticed in the previous chapter the Rāṣṭrakūṭa kings dated their records in the Saka era23. Their known records found in the form of copper-plate grants range from the Saka year 730 (808 A.C.) to the Śaka year 852 (930 A.C.). These dates generally consist. of the year, the month, the fortnight and the lunarday. The number of year is generally mentioned in words. and/or sometimes in figures. It is expressly referred to the Sakanṛpakala24. The number of the lunar day is also given in words. The week-day is rarely given. The dates sometimes contain references to parvans, eclipses. and nakṣatras. The name of the Samvatsara is sometimes. given along with the number of the year.
The Wadhvan plates of the Capa king Dharaṇīvarāha are expressly dated in Śaka Samvat (year) 836. The use of the Saka era in the Capa kingdom of Wadhavan seems unusual especially in view of the fact that the 23. The use of the Valabhi era in the Devli grant of Govindaraja Prabhutavarṣa forms an exception. The occupation of Saurashtra by the Raṣṭrakūtas is not known from any other records. 24. In one instance the year is introduced as Saka Samvat-Kapadvanj grant of Kṛṣṇa II dated S.E. 832 (IE, Vol. I, pp. 52 ff.),
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