Who among the following were not the parts to the Tripartite Struggle?
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The Tripartite Struggle was between Prathihara Empire, Pala Empire and Rashtrakuta Empire.
The Prathihara Empire ruler named Vatsaraja was ambitious about Kannauj.
Similarly Dharmapala, the Pala ruler also wanted to rule over Kannauj.
At the same time Vatsaraja was defeated by Rashtrakuta King Dhruva. Which led to the struggle of Tripartite Empire.
Between 750 AD and 1000 AD three empires dominated the political scene in India.
These were the Palas who dominated eastern India till the middle of the 9th century; the Pratiharas who dominated the western part of India and the upper gangetic valley till the middle of the 10th century, and the Rashkrakuta empire, which dominated the deccan and also controlled the territory in north and south India at various times. They were involved in conflict among themselves.
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Tripartite strugglestruggle is the term used to define the wars and struggles between Gurjara-Pratiharas , Palas and the Rashtrakutas in order to get the control over mighty city known as Kannuj during the medieval Indian era.
These three empires got many times into wars. The main reason for such wars was the geographical location , economic status and historical value of the city of Kannuj.
Among these three a king called Dhruva I emerged victorious and got the control over Kannuj.
The importance of Kannuj :
Location near Ganges.
Connectivity with Silk Route
As it was King Harshavardhana's capital city ; it had more advancements and we'll developed.
Religious places were in huge number