 The Rashtrakuta kings supported the popular religions of the day in the traditional spirit of religious tolerance . Scholars have offered various arguments regarding which specific religion the Rashtrakutas favoured , basing their evidence on inscriptions , coins and contemporary literature . Some claim the Rashtrakutas were inclined towards Jainism since many of the scholars who flourished in their courts and wrote in Sanskrit , Kannada and a few in <unk> and Prakrit were Jains . The Rashtrakutas built well @-@ known Jain temples at locations such as <unk> in Bagalkot district and their loyal feudatory , the Western Ganga Dynasty , built Jain monuments at Shravanabelagola and Kambadahalli . Scholars have suggested that Jainism was a principal religion at the very heart of the empire , modern Karnataka , accounting for more than 30 % of the population and dominating the culture of the region . King Amoghavarsha I was a disciple of the Jain acharya Jinasena and wrote in his religious writing , Prashnottara Ratnamalika , " having bowed to <unk> ( Mahavira ) , I write Prashnottara Ratnamalika " . The mathematician Mahaviracharya wrote in his <unk> <unk> , " The subjects under Amoghavarsha are happy and the land yields plenty of grain . May the kingdom of King Nripatunga Amoghavarsha , follower of Jainism ever increase far and wide . " Amoghavarsha may have taken up Jainism in his old age . 
