The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c6.s2: List of Rulers over the Chālukyan Territories
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c6.s2
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List of Rulers over the Chālukyan Territories
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| Date A.D. | Rulers. | Historical Notes. | Temples, etc. |
| | WESTERN CHĀLUKYAS OF BĀDĀMI. | Also called Chalkya and Chalkya Probably entered the Kanarese districts in the 5th century, A.D. First notice of the Rāshṭrakūṭas. Jayasimha is said to have restored the fortunes of the Chālukya dynasty by defeating, amongst others, Indra of that family, who was the son of Krishna. The Rāshṭrakūṭa dynasty was one of considerable importance in Central or Northern India in the 5th and 6th centuries, A.D. | |
| | Jayasimha | ... | Lād Khān, Kont-Gudi, Durga and the oldest temples at Aihole. |
| | Raṇarāga | ... | Mahākūṭēśvara temple. |
| | Pulikēśin I. | ... Made Vātāpipura (Bādāmi) his capital. Mēguṭi inscription at Aihole. | |
| 566-597 | ... Kīrtivarman I. | ... | |
| 597-608 | ... Mangalēśa | ... Married a Kāḷachuri princess | ... Vaishṇava Cave-temple at Bādāmi. |
| 609-642 | ... Pulikēśin II. | ... Conquered the Rāshṭrakūṭas and Kaḍambas of Vanavāsi | Mēguṭi at Aihole. |
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(After Pulikēśin's death the country was invaded and occupied for some thirteen years by the Pallavas)
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| 655-680 | ... Vikramāditya I. | ... Defeated the Pallavas and seized Kāñchi. Southern Gujarāt branch of the Chālukyas established. | |
| 680-696 | ... Vinayāditya | ... ... | |
| 696-733 | ... Vijayāditya | Inscriptions on Kaḷḷamaṭha at Bādāmi, on Huṛchchimalliguḍi at Aihole; on Mahākūṭēśvara, and on Vijayēśvara at Paṭṭadakal Capital at Bādāmi. | Sangamēśvara, Vijayēśvara at Paṭṭadakal, Anesejjeya-Basaḍi at Lakshmēśvara Images of Brahmā, Vishṇu and Śiva set up. |
| 733-746 | ... Vikramāditya II. | Inscriptions on the Durga temple, Aihole, on Virūpāksha gateway, and on pillar in pūjāri's house, Paṭṭadakal. | Virūpāksha, Lōkēśvara and Mallikārjuna Trailōkyēśvara at Paṭṭadakal. |
| 746-757 | ... Kīrtivarman II | ... | ... |
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Probable extinction of the reigning family, in the direct line, during Rāshṭrakūṭa supremacy.
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From the 5th to the 14th Century, A.D
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| Date A.D. | Rulers. | Historical Notes. | Temples, etc. |
| | **RĀṢṬRAKŪṬAS.** | | |
| 754 | ... Dantidurga | ... Dispossessed the Chālukyas | |
| | Krishna I. | .. Completed the occupation of the Chāl-kyan districts Established himself at the hill-fort of Elāpura Elūra where there, was a famous temple of Śvayam-bhū-Śiva. | |
| | Dhruva | . Inscription on Virūpākṣa at Paṭṭadakal. | |
| 783–814 | ... Gōvinda III. | .. Gujarāt branch of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas established | |
| 814–877 | ... Amōghavarṣa I. | .. Established his capital at Mānyakhēṭa Malkhēḍ. | |
| 888–911 | ... Kṛiṣhṇa II. | | |
| 915–916 | ... Indra III. | | |
| 918–933 | ... Gōvinda IV. | | |
| | Amōghavarṣa II. | | |
| 940–956 | ... Kṛiṣhṇa III. | | |
| 971 | . Khoṭṭiga. | | |
| 972–973 | .. Kakka II. | | |
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Kakka II. was ousted by Taila II. who was, probably, a descendant of a side branch of the Chālukya family, and the Rāṣṭrakūṭas ceased to exist. The Silāhāras of Kolhāpur established themselves about this time, while the Rāṣṭrakūṭas left representatives of their family in the feudatory chiefs, the Raṭṭas of Saundatti and Belgaum, who carried the banner with the golden Garuḍa.
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LIST OF RULERS OVER THE CĀLUKYAN TERRITORIES.
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| Date A D. | Rulers. | Historical Notes. | Temples, etc. |
| | **Western Cālukyas of Kalyāṇa.** | | |
| 973–996 | Taila II. | | |
| 997–1008 | Satyāśraya. | | |
| 1009–1011 | Vikramāditya V. | | Image of Buddha set up by Silāhāra chief of Kolhāpur. |
| 1018–1042 | Jayasiṃha II. | Capital said to have been at Baḷagāṃve. | |
| 1044–1068 | Sōmēśvara I. | Kalyāṇa first mentioned as a capital. The Chōḷas invaded the country and burnt many temples in the Beḷvoḷa district, and destroyed Jaina temples at Lakshmēśwar, which had been built by Permaḍi-Gaṅga. | |
| 1053, 1069 to 1076 | Sōmēśvara II. | | |
| 1055-56 and 1076–1126. | Vikramāditya VI. | Inscription tablet at Ḍambaḷ records grants to two Buddhist *vihāras* at that town Chālukyan territory invaded by the Hoysaḷas Chief capital was Kalyāṇa. The prosperity of the country was at its height during this period. | Built a temple of Vishnu and founded the town of Vikramāpūra Arasibiḍu |
| 1126–1138 | Sōmēśvara III. | | Jaina temples at Beḷgāum? |
| 1138–1149 | Jagadēkamalla II. | Chālukyan territory invaded by the Hoysaḷas. | |
| 1150–1161 | Taila III | Capital at Kalyāṇa and subsequently at Aṇṇigeri | Kaḷḷa-Guḍi at Dēgāṃve. |
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The country temporarily occupied by the Kaḷachuris, who usurped the sovereignty
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| | **Kaḷachuris.** | The Kaḷachuris were probably Jains. | |
| Cir. 1145 and 1156–1167. | Bijjaḷa. | B. was Taila's Commander-in-chief. Capital at Aṇṇigeri, afterwards Kalyāṇa Rise of the Liṅgāyats | |
| 1107–1177 | Sōmēśvara. | | |
| 1177–1181 | Saṅkama. | | |
| 1181–1183 | Āhavamalla. | | |
| 1183 | Siṃhaṇa. | | |
| 1183–1189 | Sōmēśvara IV. | The last of the Chālukyas. | |
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End of the Chālukya dynasty. Their territory was now invaded by the Hoysaḷas, for some time feudatories of the Chālukyas on the south, and the Yādavas of Dēvagiri on the north
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| Date A.D. | Rulers. | Historical Notes. | Temples, etc. |
| | | **HOYSAḶAS.** | |
| 1173, 1191 to Cir. 1212. | Ballāḷa II. | ... | Established himself at Lokkiguṇḍi Lakkundi. He also had headquarters at Aṇṇigeri. |
| 1224-1234 | ... | Narasimha II | ... | Harihara at Harihar. |
| 1234-35 and 1253 | Sōmēśvara. | | |
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The Yādavas forced the Hoyśaḷas south again, and took possession of the whole country.
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| | | **YĀDAVAS OF DEVAGIRI.** | |
| 1187-1191 | ... | Bhillama | B. was the first to come into hostile contact with the Chālukyas. |
| 1191-1210 | .. | Jaitugi I. | |
| 1210-1247 | ... | Siṅghaṇa | ... | Capital, Dēvagiri. The Kaḷachuris still appear to have possessed some power, but were finally wiped out by Siṅghaṇa. |
| 1247-1260 | ... | Kṛishṇa. | |
| 1260-1271 | .. | Mahādēva. | |
| 1271-1309 | ... | Rāmachandra. | |
| 1309-1312 | ... | Saṅkara. | |
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1310 A.D. The country was overrun by the Muḥammadans under Malik Kafur.
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*Note*—Dynastic names, as above, were family names or titles, and were not the names of different nationalities. Though the government changed hands there was no general inroad of an alien population at these crises before the Muḥammadan times. The people remained very much the same under the different dynasties. And so, except in special cases, where a ruler may have imported skilled artizans from other parts of India, the families of *sūtradāris* or *salāts* architectural builders probably lived and worked from generation to generation, within the confines of the kingdom.