Indra IV

Last Rashtrakuta Emperor

Indra IV
Elevabedanga Ratta-Kandarpa-Deva Rajamartanda Chaladankakara Kirthi-Narayana
Last Rashtrakuta Emperor
Reign	973 - 20 March 982 (9 years)
Coronation	973 CE Bankapura, Rashtrakuta Empire.
Predecessor	Karka II
Successor	Empire abolished

Died	20th March 982 Shravanabelagola, Rashtrakuta Empire

Rashtrakuta dynasty
Dantidurga 735 – 756 Krishna I 756 – 774 Govinda II 774 – 780 Dhruva Dharavarsha 780 – 793 Govinda III 793 – 814 Amoghavarsha 814 – 878 Krishna II 878 – 914 Indra III 914 – 929 Amoghavarsha II 929 – 930 Govinda IV 930 – 936 Amoghavarsha III 936 – 939 Krishna III 939 – 967 Khottiga 967 – 972 Karka II 972 – 973 Indra IV 973 – 982

Indra IV (r. 973–982 CE) was the last Rashtrakuta Emperor and a nephew of the feudatory king of Western Ganga Dynasty of Talakad. After Tailapa II captured Manyakheta, the Ganga Maharaja Marasimha II crowned Indra III as emperor in Bankapura and worked hard to keep the dwindling Rashtrakuta Empire intact after the betrayal and invasion of Parmaras of Malwa but in vain. Marasimha II committed Sallekhana at Bankapura in 975 and Indra IV followed him in 982 at Shravanabelagola. ^[1] Thus, the dynasty of Rashtrakutas vanished into history. However, several related families had come to power in various parts of India during the imperial expansion of the Manyakheta Empire. These kingdoms such as the Lattalura and Saundatti branches continued to rule for several centuries.

References

Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) [1980]. A concise history of Karnataka : from pre-historic times to the present. Bangalore: Jupiter books. LCCN 80905179. OCLC 7796041.

^ Settar, S. (1989). Inviting Death: Indian Attitude Towards the Ritual Death. Monographs and theoretical studies in sociology and anthropology. Vol. 28. BRILL. p. 21. ISBN 90-04-08790-7.