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The paper aims to explore the early works on the urban city settlement pattern of the Rastrakuta period in Karnataka. The method of study is mainly historiographical survey and critical review of the selected works of A.S Alktekar, J.F Fleet, and Prof. NagarajaiahHampa. So works chosen for the study are mainly concerning the period ofRastrkuta rule only. These works mainly focus on the urban pattern of early medieval South India. The first part of the study deals with the introductory and basics of settlement patterns so as to understand the concept and settlement. Some other works like Arun Raj T (2009): 'Arikemedu and its Satellite Sites: A Settlement Pattern Study" are being reviewed. The second part of this paper briefly sketches works on Rashtrkuta dynasty. The last part of the paper mainly focuses on the PhD research works carried out on the settlement pattern of urbancentersof medieval period i.e.,Rashtrakuta period in Karnataka. This also includes a critical survey of research papers published in journals. Overall paper summaries study of the city settlement patterns in Karnataka regarding Rashtrkuta. This study is mainly based on the historical method, as well as survey method. Further the scope of the study confines to Rashtrakuta and the area confined to Karnataka. Both primary and secondary sources are being used to prepare this paper and this also includes a critical survey.