Mānyakheṭa

Mānyakheṭa

▪ historical site, India
modern  Malkhaid , also spelled  Malkhed 

      site of a former city in Karnātaka, India, about 85 miles (135 km) southwest of Hyderābād. The city was founded in the 9th century by the Rāṣṭrakūṭa ruler Amoghavarṣa I and became the capital of the dynasty.

      In 972 it was sacked by the Paramāra ruler Sīyaka. After the downfall of the dynasty in the following year, it was taken by the Cālukyas (Chalukyas), who adopted it for some time as their capital. Thereafter it never regained its former glory and dwindled to the status of a village.

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