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Rashtrakutas of Mānapura(Mānadesha)- Raje Mānes 
The Chalukya and Rashtrakuta cycle of paramountcy defined the history of Deccan for over half a millennia, with one on top and another as a vassal.
The Rashtrakutas, scions of the legendary Yaduvamsi Vrishni Maharathi Satyaki from Mahabharata are known to have existed in Deccan from the era of Priyadarshin Amitraghat Maurya ("Ashoka") around 300 BCE, mentioned in his inscription as "Rashtikas".
One of the oldest Imperial branches of this clan was the House of Mānapura, established by Samrat Mananka in Mānapura in Satara region of Maharashtra (modern Mānadesha) in 350 CE ruling over Satara, Kolhapur and Sholapur after wrestling the territories from the Vakatakas.
Another Rashtrakuta branch was also ruling over at Āchalapura in the Amaravati district of Maharashtra during the same period.
While residing at Manapura, king Abhimanyu granted the village of Undikavatika, in honour of God Dakshina-Siva, to the Shaiva ascetic Jatabhara in the presence of Jayasimha, the commander of the fort of Harivatsa.
The Undikavatika grant of Maharaja Abhimanyu thus revealed the names of many of the kings of this dynasty, while the rest were found from the other grants:—
Mānānka (360-400 CE)
Devaraja (400-425 CE)
Mānaraja (425-440 CE)
Avidheya (440-455 CE)
Bhavishya (455-470 CE
Abhimanyu (470-490 CE)
Dejjamāharāja (490-533 CE), contemporary of Ereya Pulakeshin, the founder of Badami Chalukya dynasty.
Devaraja (400-425 CE)
Mānaraja (425-440 CE)
Avidheya (440-455 CE)
Bhavishya (455-470 CE
Abhimanyu (470-490 CE)
Dejjamāharāja (490-533 CE), contemporary of Ereya Pulakeshin, the founder of Badami Chalukya dynasty.
It is probable the Kingdom of Mānpur was its name after their founder Mānanka Rashtrakuta (Jewel of the Rashtrakutans) who is also referred in the grants of Maharaja Avidheya as "Mānānka-Nripatih Shrimān-Kuntalanām Prashāsita" meaning the Illustrious Overlord of Kuntala-Desha,
And also "Vasudhavidhi-Santrasta Vidharbha Āsmāka Mandala" meaning One who is a Terror of the Kingdoms of Vidharbhas and Asmākas.
The Sanskrit Epic Kuntaleshwaradautya was the poetic report composed by Kalidasa when he was deployed as an ambassador by the Gupta Emperor Chandragupta II Vikramaditya to the court of Māne Rashtrakutans. Mānānka's son Devaraja's queen was named Prabhavati.
The Badami Chalukyas who rose in 543 CE surprisingly overlook the Māne Rashtrakutas in their Prashashtis causing the Dynasty to be much less famous than their Malkhed (Manyakheta) and Sankhavati (Saundatti) Branches.
This was despite the conjecture of Badami Chalukyas arising as vassals of Māne Rashtrakutas to establish their own Empire, starting the cycle.
The imperial insignia of Maharaja Abhimanyu was a Kaduva (Yazhi) or a Lion (Simha) and that of the Māne Dynasty is the Garuda. Maharaja Abhimanyu was reduced to vassalage by Vakataka ruler Harishena.
Towards the end of this Dynasty's glory, the Vishnukundin King Madhavavarman I seized many of their territories.
The Nalāvadís and Maurya clans had launched joined assaults on Mānes and captured much of their territory, following which the Chalukya vassals declared themselves independent and defeated Nalāvadís and Mauryas.
They then went on to capture even more land from the Mānes to consolidate their power and established the Badāmi Chalukya Empire.
The Māne and Garudmāne Rashtrakutas continued to rule over Māndesha in one way or another as the Rashtrakuta branches of Manyakheta, Saundatti and others rose and fell, right upto the rise of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaja.
Siddhanatha and Yogeshwari are the Kuladevata and Kuladevi of Mane Rashtrakutas. Yogeshwari is the common Kuladevi of ALL Maratha Yaduvamsi clans.
As per a legend the stone Elephant in the Siddhanath-Yogeshwari temple was commissioned by a Grandson of Mānānka named Garuda in the memory of a legendary White Elephant he owned.
The Nangartas Shiva temple is one of the few existing Rashtrakuta era temples of the region. The Ancestral Fort of the Mānes in Rajapuri sank under the Rajapuri lake due to the dam constructed by the British when they flooded Mānganga river.
The Kuntala Kingdom depicted in the movie Bahubali — The Conclusion was based on the Kuntala Desha having the regions of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Belgavi and Solapur which were part of the dominion of the Mānes and likely depicts a fictionalized representation of Mānes.
Just like the movie showcased a dam being responsible ravaging of the kingdom, the ancestral fort of the Mānes from the era of Maharaja Mānanka himself was also lost owing a dam during British period!
In line with what the movie depicted, the the Kuntala Overlord Māne Rashtrakutas were indeed frequently pestered by the local Pindaris and Berāds throughout the millennia right up to the Mahratta Empire period.
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• The Classical Age by R. C. Majumdar
• Political History of the Chālukyas of Badami by D. P. Dikshit
• Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India, Volume 23
• The Classical Age by R. C. Majumdar
• Political History of the Chālukyas of Badami by D. P. Dikshit
• Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India, Volume 23
Stone Elephant said to have been commissioned by Rashtrakuta Mānānka's grandson Garuda in memory of his legendary white Elephant.
Nangartas Shiva Temple and Stepwell commissioned by Mānes. Repaired after Aurangzeb had destroyed it. 
