Question

 In the mid-eighth century ____________a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his Chalukyan overlord​

Answer 1

Answer: DantiDurga

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

In the mid-eighth century, Dantidurga, a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his Chalukya overlord and performed a ritual called hiranya-garbha

Explanation:

The Rashtrakutas were in the beginning "subordinate" to the "Chalukyas" (belonged to Karnataka). "Dantidurga", a Rashtrakuta chief had overthrown his "Chalukya overlord" in the mid-8thcentury. He had performed a "ritual" known as "hiranya-garbha" that literally meant the "golden womb".

Contextually, the ritual implied "rebirth" that is rebirth of the "sacrificer" as a "Kshatriya: ("even if he was not one" by" birth") after "performing" the "ritual" with the Brahamanas' help.

In certain cases, men from "enterprising families" had carved out "kingdoms"utilising their "military skills:. For example, "Kadamba Mayurasharman", "Gurjara-Pratihara Harichandra" were Brahamanas who had given up their traditional "professions & successfully" "established kingdoms".