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The Chalukya dynasty and Rashtrakuta dynasty had their capitals in modern-day Karnataka and used Kannada and Sanskrit as court languages. Between 800 and 1200 CE, parts of Western Maharashtra, including the Konkan region, were ruled by different Shilahara houses based in North Konkan, South Konkan, and Kolhapur. [ 22 ]
The Rathikas were the mighty people of Maharashtra. The Rathikas were also called Rashtriks. Hence it was referred to as Maharashtrik. The nation of Maharashtriks was identified as Maharashtra. According to R. G. Bhandarkar, the term Maratha is derived from Rattas, a tribe which held political supremacy in the Deccan from the remotest time.
Assassinated by Gardi guards. Raghunath Rao was in favor of just kidnapping him and accordingly he used the code "DHARA". But Anandi Bai (wife of Raghunath Rao) changed the code to "MAARA". Narayan Rao was assassinated in Shanivar Wada. Nowadays, it is considered one of the haunted place in Maharashtra. Raghunath-Rao: 1773–1774
The Rashtrakuta dynasty ruled Maharashtra from the eighth to the tenth century. [41] The Arab traveller Sulaiman al Mahri described the ruler of the Rashtrakuta dynasty Amoghavarsha as "one of the four great kings of the world". [42]
The Rohilla chief Ghulam Kadir, Ismail Beg's ally, took over Delhi, capital of the Mughal dynasty and deposed and blinded the king Shah Alam II, placing a puppet on the Delhi throne. Mahadaji intervened and killed him, taking possession of Delhi on 2 October restoring Shah Alam II to the throne and acting as his protector. [ 93 ]
640: Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang visited Maharashtra; 973: Rashtrakutas rule comes to an end; 973 to 1180: Ruled by the Chalukyas (Western Chalukyas or Kalyani Chalukyas) 1189 to 1310: Ruled by the Yadavas of Deogiri
Shilahara coin, c. 1210–1302. Obv: Head of a king.Rev: A horseman fighting two foot-soldiers with a third behind him and a fourth dead at his horse's feet. The Shilahara (IAST: Śilāhāra; also Shelara, Selara, Shilara, Silara) was a royal dynasty that established itself in northern and southern Konkan in 8th century CE, present-day Mumbai and Southern Maharashtra during the Rashtrakuta period.
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