In the Rashtrakuta rule lsquo hiranya garbha rsquo sacrifice was done in order to ........

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In the Rashtrakuta rule, ‘hiranya-garbha’ sacrifice was done in order to

Donate land to Brahmins.

Start excavation for establishing a new empire.

To convert the caste of an individual to Kshatriya.

Begin a war.

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Explanation:

These rituals were popular with subordinate samantas who later overpowered their emperors and became rulers.One such instance was that of the Rashtrakutas in the Deccan. Initially they were subordinate to the Chalukyas of Karnataka.In the mid-eighth century, Dantidurga, a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his Chalukya overlord and performed a ritual called hiranya-garbha (literally, the golden womb).When this ritual was performed with the help of Brahmanas, it was thought to lead to the“rebirth” of the sacrificer as a Kshatriya, even if he was not one by birth.