Old Kannada inscription dated c. 944–45 CE of Rashtrakuta Emperor Krishna III
Krishna III whose Kannada name was Kannara (r. 939 – 967 C.E.) was the last great warrior and able Rashtrakuta Emperor. He was a shrewd administrator and skillful military campaigner. He waged many wars to restore the glory of the Rashtrakutas and played an important role in rebuilding the Rashtrakuta empire. He patronised the famous Kannada poets Sri Ponna, who wrote Shanti Purana, Gajankusha, also known as Narayana, who wrote on erotics, and the Apabhramsha poet Pushpadanta who wrote Mahapurana and other works.[1][2][3] His queen was a Chedi princess and his daughter Bijjabbe was married to a Western Ganga prince. During his rule he held titles such as Akalavarsha, Maharajadhiraja, Parameshvara, Paramamaheshvara, Shri Prithvivallabha etc.[4] At his peak, he reigned over a vast empire stretching from at least the Narmada river in the north to at least the Kaveri river delta in the south. A copper grant of 993 issued by the Shilahara king of Thana states that the Rashtrakuta control extended from the Himalayas in the north to Ceylon in the south and from the eastern sea to the western seas. This grant also states that when the emperor Krishna III mobilised his armies, the kings of Chola, Bengal, Kannauj, Andhra and Pandya regions used to quiver.[5]
KrishnaIII whose Kannada name was Kannara (r. 939 – 967 C.E.) was the last great warrior and able Rashtrakuta Emperor. He was a shrewd administrator...
Krishna I (Kannada: ಅಕಾಲವರ್ಷ ಶುಭತುಂಗ ಕೃಷ್ಣ) (r. 756 – 774 CE), an uncle of Dantidurga, took charge of the growing Rashtrakuta Empire by defeating the...
king Parantaka I (907–955), and another led by the Rashtrakuta king KrishnaIII (939–967) at Takkolam in southern India. The battle resulted in the death...
rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Krishna (/ˈkrɪʃnə/; Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa [ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ]) is a major deity in...
any interest in the governance of the empire which was left to his son KrishnaIII. He was married to Kundakadevi, a princess from the Kalachuri dynasty...
according to the historian Kamath is evident from the Karhad plates of KrishnaIII. The Dhulia grant of 779 and Garugadahalli inscription of 782 proclaim...
II (or Bhimaraja) Vikramaditya III Ayyana I, who married daughter of Krishna (identified as the Rashtrakuta king Krishna II) Vikramaditya IV, who married...
King Gunaga Vijayaditya III whose commander pursued Krishna II to central India. After the death of Vijayaditya III, Krishna II continued hostilities...
Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta. After the death of the Rashtrakuta emperor KrishnaIII, he fought against the new king Khottiga, and sacked the Rashtrakuta...
Chalukya king Arikesari II, who was a feudatory of the Rashtrakuta Emperor KrishnaIII. Pampa is best known for his epics Vikramārjuna Vijaya or Pampa Bharata...
Manyakheta, where he wrote under the patronage of emperor KrishnaIII. His Kavi-Rahasya eulogizes KrishnaIII. Later, he migrated to Ujjain in the Paramara kingdom...
present-day Telangana, India. He was a vassal of the Rashtrakuta king KrishnaIII. Arikesari III was a grandson of the Chalukya king Arikesari II. His father Bhadradeva...
"Akalavarsha" (which was a Rashtrakuta title) with the Rashtrakuta king KrishnaIII, historian as D.C. Ganguly theorized that the Paramaras were descended...
Govinda III (reign 793 – 814 CE) was greatest Rashtrakuta monarch who succeeded his illustrious father Dhruva Dharavarsha. He was militarily the most...
work. Another great writer in Kannada was Sri Ponna, patronised by King KrishnaIII and famed for his description of the life of the 16th Jain tirthankara...
endowment was made in the presence of KrishnaIII's feudatories (Rattas and Bitti Raja of Melpadi). KrishnaIII was praised as Akalavarsha Deva, Prithvi...
967 – c. 972 CE Predecessor KrishnaIII Successor Karka II Died 972 CE Manyakheta, Rashtrakuta Empire (present-day Malkhed, India) Father Amoghavarsha III...
present-day Kalaburagi region of Karnataka. His successor was his uncle Krishna I who extended the Rashtrakuta realm to all of Karnataka. The Ellora record...
Maharashtra, India. Its construction attributed to the Rashtrakuta King KrishnaIII of Malkhed. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kandhar Fort. "Kandhar...
distract the minds of the opposite sex, since everyone is absorbed in Krishna (III.15.14-25). Translation of some verses in Canto 2, by Bibek Debroy: The...
found in the Atakur inscription issued by KrishnaIII and prince Butuga II (a young underlord of KrishnaIII) of the Western Ganga family. The Sravana...
Kannada inscriptions found as far north as Madhya Pradesh (inscription of KrishnaIII) and Bihar. Karnataka Expansion provides insights to kingdoms of northern...
composed Yashstilaka in the domain of Vagaraj, a feudatory of Rashtrakuta KrishnaIII. He is mentioned in copperplate and an inscription of the Chalukya clan...
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