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title: The Armies of the Rashtrakutas (Eighth to Tenth Centuries CE)
author: Ms Sarah Welch
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8940/the-armies-of-the-rashtrakutas-eighth-to-tenth-cen/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Armies of the Rashtrakutas (Eighth to Tenth Centuries CE)

_Authored by Ms Sarah Welch_

## Image File

[![The Armies of the Rashtrakutas (Eighth to Tenth Centuries CE)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8940.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8940.jpg)

## Image Caption

This [war](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) scene shown in a [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) frieze in the Kailashanatha Temple built by the Rashtrakuta emperor [Krishna](https://www.worldhistory.org/Krishna/) I (756-773 CE) depicts the [Mahabharata](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mahabharata/) war. The soldiers' arms and armour however, belong to the period of the imperial Rashtrakutas (eighth to tenth centuries CE). This scene thus shows how the Rashtrakuta army, including the war elephants, looked like.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Welch, M. S. (2018, June 18). The Armies of the Rashtrakutas (Eighth to Tenth Centuries CE). *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8940/the-armies-of-the-rashtrakutas-eighth-to-tenth-cen/>
### Chicago
Welch, Ms Sarah. "The Armies of the Rashtrakutas (Eighth to Tenth Centuries CE)." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 18, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8940/the-armies-of-the-rashtrakutas-eighth-to-tenth-cen/>.
### MLA
Welch, Ms Sarah. "The Armies of the Rashtrakutas (Eighth to Tenth Centuries CE)." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Jun 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8940/the-armies-of-the-rashtrakutas-eighth-to-tenth-cen/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mahabharata_relief_panel_at_Kailasha_temple.jpg) by **Ms Sarah Welch**. Submitted by [Dr Avantika Lal](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/avantika.lal30/ "User Page: Dr Avantika Lal"), published on 18 June 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.