Dantidurga, (Dantivarman II – 735–756 CE) was the founder of the Rashtrakuta Empire with his capital in Gulbarga of Karnataka. He was succeeded by his uncle Krishna I who expanded his kingdom to all of Karnataka.
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Dantidurga was a Rashtrakuta chief who became a kshatriya after performing a ritual known as Hiranya-garbha.