MānyakheṭaManyakhetamodern Malkhaid, also spelled Malkhedsite of a former city in KarnātakaKarnataka, India, about 85 miles (135 km) southwest of HyderābādHyderabad. The city was founded in the 9th century by the Rāṣṭrakūṭa Rashtrakuta ruler Amoghavarṣa Amoghavarsha I and became the capital of the dynasty.

In 972 it was sacked by the Paramāra Paramara ruler SīyakaSiyaka. After the downfall of the dynasty in the following year, it was taken by the Cālukyas ( Chalukyas), who adopted it for some time as their capital. Thereafter it never regained its former glory and dwindled to the status of a village.