how did the rashtrakutas becomes powerful
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The Rashtrakutas in the Deccan were the subordinate to the Chalukyas of Karnataka. It was during the mid-8th century when Dantidurga, a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his Chalukya overlord and performed a ritual called 'Hiranya-garbha' with the help of Brahmanas.
The Rashtrakutas were extremely cautious, calculated, and shrewd with their approach. They were content in being feudatories to the Chalukyas of Badami for a long time. When the great Chalukya king Vikramaditya-II was in power and the Chalukyas were the most powerful empire in India, the Rashtrakutas were very much loyal to them. The founder of the Rashtrakuta Empire, Dantidurga answered his overlord’s call and joined forces with his overlord’s forces and the combined Chalukya-Rashtrakuta alliance prevented the Arabs from invading India. Dantidurga was very much in the good books of Vikramaditya-II and did not do anything to upset his overlord.
After the death of Vikramaditya-II, it was when Dantidurga sensed that this was the right time for him to form an independent empire. The successor of Vikramaditya-II, his son Kirtivarman-II took charge and Dantidurga realised that this was the time to strike the Chalukyas. To the south of the Chalukya Empire, a new power, the Pandya dynasty was coming up. The Chalukyas whose armies were collectively referred to as Karnatabala were considered to be invincible. Barring a few defeats to the Pallavas, an equally illustrious dynasty, they had largely been undefeated throughout their history.
Dantidurga knew that if he defeated the most powerful force, his own overlord, the Rashtrakutas would immediately be recognised as a great power. He first took away the Kalinga, Kosala, and the Telugu territories from the Chalukyas, surrounding them