The Tripartite Struggle for control of north India happened in the ninth century, among the Pratihara Realm, the Pala Empire and also the Rashtrakuta Empire.:20. Epigraphist Dineschandra Sircar, however, included a various perspective to this battle. According to Sircar, the struggle in between the Pratihara Empire and also the Rashtrakuta Empire had actually begun earlier than the struggle over Kannauj (Kanyakubja). These two powers shared an usual frontier in the Gujarat and Malwa areas. The frontier was a moving one and also far from irreversible, creating enmity between both powers. Even prior to the struggle over Kannauj began, Dantidurga, the creator of the Rashtrakuta Empire, had defeated Nagabhata I of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty, as obvious from the Dashavatara Holy place inscription of Dantidurga at Ellora and also the Sanjan inscription of Amoghavarsha I, both coming from the Rashtrakuta dynasty. On the other hand, the problem in between the Palas of Bengal as well as Biha