Palas, Pratiharas and Rashtrakutas contest Kannauj
Three powerful dynasties competed for prestige and access to the central Ganga plain without producing a permanent victor. Their rivalry tied eastern, western and Deccan politics into one shifting arena.
The so-called tripartite struggle was not a single continuous war. It was a sequence of campaigns, alliances and reversals unfolding alongside strong regional economies and cultural patronage.