Rashtrakuta dynasty
At their peak the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta ruled a vast empire stretching from the Ganges River and Yamuna River doab in the north to Kanyakumari in the south. The early kings of this dynasty were influenced by Hinduism and the later kings by Jainism. During their rule, Jain mathematicians and scholars contributed important works in Kannada and Sanskrit.
