The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c6.s4.2

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From the time of the restoration under Taila up to the reign of Sōmēśvara I. there is no definite mention of a Chālukya capital, except that certain Baḷagāṃve inscriptions speak of that place as a minor capital of Jayasiṃha II. If this were so, it must have been a very inconvenient spot so far away in the southern corner of his dominions. It is definitely stated, however, in the records of his son, Sōmēśvara I., that he founded the city of Kaḷyāṇa,³ made it his capital and " beautified it so that it surpassed all the other cities of the earth." This place remained the headquarters of the Chālukyas down to the time of Taila III., who changed his capital to Aṇṇigeri. During the reign of Sōmēśvara I., the Chōḷa king penetrated into the Beḷvola district and burnt the Jaina temples which Gaṅga-Permāḍi had built in the Aṇṇigeri nāḍ. But his successes did not last for long, for Sōmēśvara immediately proceeded against him, and defeated and slew him at a spot near Harihar. The end of Sōmēśvara was tragic. He was seized with a strong fever, and feeling his end approaching, " he caused himself to be taken to the banks of the Tuṅgabhadrā.