▁un stud ied ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁accur ately ▁propose ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Ras ht rak ut as . ▁The ories ▁about ▁their ▁line age ▁( S ury a ▁V ams a ▁or ▁Ch andra ▁V ams a ), ▁native ▁region ▁and ▁ancest ral ▁home ▁have ▁been ▁proposed ▁using ▁cl ues ▁from ▁ins cri ptions , ▁royal ▁em blem s , ▁ancient ▁cl an ▁names ▁such ▁as ▁" R as ht ri ka ", ▁ep ith ets ▁such ▁as ▁R atta , ▁Ras ht rak uta , ▁L att al ura ▁Pur av ar ad his w ara , ▁names ▁of ▁royal ty , ▁co ins ▁and ▁contempor aneous ▁literature . ▁These ▁theories ▁from ▁noted ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁resulted ▁in ▁claims ▁that ▁the ▁Ras ht rak ut as ▁were ▁from ▁either ▁Raj put , ▁K ann ad iga , Red di , ▁Mar ath a , ▁or ▁P un j abi ▁origin . ▁ ▁Ep ith ets ▁ ▁The ▁appearance ▁of ▁the ▁terms ▁R ath ika , ▁R ist ika ▁( R as ht ri ka ) ▁or ▁L ath ika ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁the ▁terms ▁K amb ho ja ▁and ▁Gand h ara ▁in ▁some ▁Ash ok an ▁ins cri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁century ▁B CE ▁from ▁Mans era ▁and ▁Shah baz gar hi ▁in ▁North ▁Western ▁Front ier ▁Province ▁( present ▁day ▁Pakistan ), ▁Gir nar ▁( S aur as ht ra ) ▁and ▁D hav ali ▁( K aling a ) ▁and ▁the ▁use