First Principles IASlearning from first principles

Manyakheta through time

Now Malkhed, Kalaburagi district, Karnataka

  1. Theme 12d · 543 to 1200 CE; the Hoysalas and Yadavas to 1346

    The Deccan: Chalukyas to Yadavas

    The Rashtrakuta capital, which Al Masudi described as a magnificent city

  2. Theme M2 · 711 to 1186 CE

    The advent of Islam and the first Turkish invasion

    Capital of the Rashtrakutas, Al Masudi's Balhara, who held the frontier against the Arabs