The idiom of a Pan-Indian empire has…
676 CE to 819 CE
The idiom of a Pan-Indian empire has moved to the south.
South Indian kingdoms had hitherto ruled areas only up to and south of the Narmada River; the Rashtrakuta break this pattern, first forging their way north to the Gangetic plains and successfully challenging the Palas of Bengal and the Rajput Prathiharas of Gujarat.