Society and Culture during Chalukyas and Rashtrakutas 5.1 Do you know Description Image Source “The Chalukya was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and 12th centuries. During Inscriptions and this period they ruled as three Literatures form main individual dynasties but closely source of the study of the related each other. These are the Chalukyas Badami Chalukyas, and two sibling dynasties, the Kalyani Chalukyas Durga Temple, Aihole and Vengi Chalukyas.” “The Rashtrakuta was a The social and cultural royal dynasty ruling south India lives of the people in the between the 6th and 10th centuries. age of Rashtrakutas have According to popular belief they been preserved in the were of Kannada origin. They had inscriptions, literature, good command and contribution sculptures and foreigner’s towards art and architecture which Old Kannada Inscription accounts of that period. was unique during the period ” 5.2 Timeline Timelines Image Description Period of Pulakesin I, the first ruler and founder of the 543-566 CE Badami Chalukya dynasty 609-642 CE Period of the Pulakesin II Artistic depiction of Pulakesin II 746-753 CE Period of Kirtivarman II 735 -756 CE Foundation of the Rashtrakuta Empire by Dantidurga Kailash Temple was built by the Rashtrakuta king 756-773 CE Krishna I Kailasanath Temple, Ellora Govinda III became the ruler of the Rashtrakuta 793-814 CE Empire. 814-878 CE Period of the king Amoghavarsha I 939-967 CE Krishan III, the ruler of the later Rashtrakuta 5.3 Glossary Staring Related Term Definition Character Term A Ashvamedha Horse sacrifice vajapeya D Dana Gifts devadana G Ghandharva A form of marriage rakshasa G Ghatikas An Educational Centre agrahara K Kavishiksha Guide to Poets kavitha M Mahajanas Important people of Rashtrakuta society gamundas N Nalku-jati Four principal castes chaturvarna N Navayats Muslim new comers nawwati S Sahagamana Practice of Sati (Self-Immolation) udankattai T Trimurti Hindu Trinity Gods harihara V Vrata Religious Vows yajana V Vyakarana Grammar jyotisha 5.4 Web Links Web links https://en.wikipedia.org.wiki/Chalukya_dynasty_western_chalukya_empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Rashtrakuta_empire_of_Manyakheta http://myupscprelims.blogspot.com/2016/05/rashtrakutas-dynasty-socioeconomic-and.html https://en.wikipedia,org/wiki/Rashtrakuat_dynasty www.indianetzone.com/chalukya_dynasty www.gloriuosindia.com/history/chalukyas_dynasty.html www.exampariksha.com/rashtrakuta-dynasty-history-study-material-notes www.readorrefer.in/.../Rashtrakutas-Administration-Society-Culture-Economy www.historydiscussion.net/Indian History-kingdom-chalukya-kingdom www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/chalukya-dyansty www.gktoday.in/chalukyas-of-kalyani https://www.scribd.com...../society-and-economy-under-the-chalukyas-of-kalyana 5.5 Bibliography Bibliography Aloka Parasher Sen (ed.), Social and Economic History of Early Deccan: Some Interpretations, New Delhi, 1993. Altekar. A.S, The Rashtrakutas and Their Times: Being a Political, Administrative, Religious, Social, Economic and Literary History of the Deccan during c.750 A.D. to c.1000 A.D., Poona, 1934. Aruna Pariti, Genealogy, Time and Identity: Historical Consciousness in the Deccan Sixth Century CE- Twelfth Century CE, Delhi, 2015. Bhandarkar, R.G., Early History of the Deccan, Calcutta, 1928. Chopra. P.N, Ravindran. T.K., and Subrahmanian.N, History of South India (Ancient, Medieval and Modern), Part 1. New Delhi, 2003. Diwakar, R.R. (ed.), Karnataka through the Ages, Mysore, 1968. Dixit. R.R, Ancient History of the Deccan, Pondicherry, 1920. Gopal. B.R, The Chalukyas of Kalyani and Kalachuris, Dharwad, 1991. Jayashri Mishra, Social and Economic Conditions under the Imperial Rashtrakutas, New Delhi, 1992. Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, Western Chalukya Empire, New Delhi, 2012. Jyotsna Kamat, Social Life in Medieval Karnataka, New Delhi, 1980. Krishna Murari, The Chalukyas of Kalyani, 1977. Madan, A.P., The History of the Rastrakutas, New Delhi, 1990. Murthy, H.V. Srinivas and R.Ramakrishnan, A History of Karnataka, Delhi, 1977. Nandi. R.N, State Formation, Agrarian Growth and Social Change in Feudal South India c.600-1200, New Delhi, 2000. Nilakanta Sastri. K.A, A History of South India, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, Madras, 1975. Ramesh. K.V, Chalukya of Vatapi, Delhi, 1984. Suryanath Kamath. U, A Concise History of Karnataka: from Pre-historic times to the Present, Bangalore, 2001. Yazdani. G, (ed.), Early History of the Deccan, Oxford, 1960. .