Indra IV

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Indra IV
Elevabedanga
Ratta-Kandarpa-Deva
Rajamartanda
Chaladankakara
Kirthi-Narayana
Rashtrakuta Emperor
Reign97320 March 982
Coronation 973
Bankapura, Rashtrakuta Empire.
Predecessor Karka II
SuccessorPosition abolished
Died20 March 982 [1]
Shravanabelagola, Rashtrakuta Empire
Religion Jainism

Indra IV (ruled 973–982 CE) was the last Great king and The Last significant ruler of the Rashtrakuta dynasty of Manyakheta (modern Malkhed in Karnataka, India). He was the grandson of Krishna III, [2] and the nephew of Marasimha II, the Western Ganga Dynasty feudatory king of Talakad. [3]

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During his reign, the Rashtrakuta Empire declined severely after invasions and betrayal by the Paramaras of Malwa. Marasimha II made considerable efforts to preserve the weakening empire but ultimately failed. [4] Both Marasimha II and Indra IV later renounced royal life, became Jain monks, [5] and performed Sallekhana—the Jain ritual of voluntary fasting to death—at Shravanabelagola on 20 March 982 CE. [6]

With Indra IV’s death, the main line of the Rashtrakuta dynasty came to an end. However, several collateral branches—such as the Lattalura and the Rattas of Saundatti—continued to rule in different parts of India for centuries. [7]


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References

  1. "Rashtrakutas And Their Times" (PDF). p. 132. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  2. Reu, B.N. (1933). History of the Rashtrakutas (Rathodas). Indian Press. p. 331.
  3. Fleet, J.F. (1888). Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts, Bombay Gazetteer Vol. 1, Part II. Bombay. p. 115.
  4. Sastri, K.A. Nilakanta (1955). A History of South India. Oxford University Press. p. 251.
  5. Rice, B.L. (1907). Epigraphia Carnatica, Vol. II. Mysore Government Press. p. 45.
  6. Settar, S. (1989). Inviting Death: Historical Experiments on Fasting until Death in India. Dharwad: Institute of Indian Art and Culture. p. 140.
  7. Kamath, S.U. (2001). A Concise History of Karnataka. Bangalore: Jupiter Books. p. 89.
Preceded by Rashtrakuta Emperor
973–982
Succeeded by