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Initially Rashtrakutas were subordinate to the Chalukyas of Karnataka. In the mid-eighth century, a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his Chalukya overlord and performed a ritual called hiranya-garbha (literally, the golden womb). It was thought to lead to the "rebirth" of the sacrifice as a Kshatriya, even if he was not one by birth. The chief referred here is