Friday, November 27, 2009

ACHIEVEMENTS OF RASHTRAKUTAS

ACHIEVEMENTS OF RASHTRAKUTAS

The Rashtrakuta rulers were great patrons of art and literature. Krishna I built the famous rock-cut Kailasa temple at Ellora in the latter half of the eighth century AD. It was constructed in the Dravidian style of the Chalukyas and elaborately carve( with fine sculptures. Probably in the second half of thi eighth century, on an island near the west coast, was buil the cave shrine of Elephanta.

It was dedicated to Siva whose image as Mahesha (popularly known as Trimurti) counts amongst the most magnificent art creations of India The three faces represent Siva as Creator, Preserver am Destroyer. In the field of literature too, there was progress Amoghavarsha is said to have written the earliest book OJ poems in Kannada.

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