Several branches of the Rashtrakuta dynasty were created by the kings, commanders and relatives of the Rashtrakuta family during their expansion into central and northern India in the eighth to the tenth centuries.
Well known among these were the Rashtrakutas of Lata (757–888),[1] the Rattas of Saundatti (875–1230) in modern day Karnataka,[2] the Rashtrakutas of Rajasthan (known as Rajputana) and ruling from Hastikundi or Hathundi (893–996),[3] Dahal (near Jabalpur),[4] the Rathores of Mandore and Dhanop,[5] Reddy dynasty of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,[6][7][8] Rashtraudha dynasty of Mayuragiri in modern day Maharashtra[9] and Rashtrakutas of Kanauj.
[10] These branches emerged as a result of Rashtrakuta conquest of North India.
The Rashtraudha dynasty of Mayuragiri, Maharashtra, described in the Rashtraudha Kavya (1596) of Rudrakavi,[18] the Rathor Rajputs of Jodhpur and the Rattas of Saundatti in Karnataka also claim descent from them.
[19] The archaeological evidences are pointing towards the possible links between Rashtrakutas and Reddy[20] of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.