Indra IV (973 - 982) C.E., the nephew of the emperor of Western Ganga Dynasty and the last king of the Rashtrakuta dynasty. The Ganga king Marasimha II endeavored to maintain the deteriorating Rashtrakuta Empire unharmed but turned out to be futile. Marasimha II stanched Sallekhana in 975 and Indra IV followed him in 982. Thus this dynasty of Rashtrakutas vanished into history. However several related families had come to power in various parts of India during the imperial expansion of the Manyakheta Empire. These kingdoms sustained to statute for numerous centuries.