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Question
How did the Rashtrakutas become powerful?
Solution
Rashtrakutas were initially subordinate to the Chalukyas of Karnataka. In the mid-eighth century, Dantidurga, a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his Chalukya overlord and established his right to rule by performing the hiranya-garbha ritual.
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