The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c6.s7: The Yādavas of Dēvagiri
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c6.s7
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The Yādavas of Dēvagiri
c6.s7.1
As already mentioned the Yādavas had crossed swords with the Hoysaḷas during the reign of Bhillama whose son was defeated in battle by Ballāḷa. But, in spite of this reverse, Bhillama held the northern districts, and established himself, for the time being, at Aṇṇigeri, while Jaitugi I., his son, made his headquarters at Vijayāpura (Bijāpūr). It was Siṅghaṇa II., Jaitugi's son, who completed the discomfiture of both the Kaḷachuris and the Hoysaḷas, and added to his kingly titles those of "Uprooter of the water-lily which was the head of the king of Telunga," and "The conqueror of the Kaḷachuri king". He fixed on Dēvagiri as his capital. His inscriptions are found all over the country previously occupied by the Western Chālukyas.
c6.s7.2
We have, now, pretty well passed the limits of time within which our subject is confined, and it is sufficient to say that, within fifty years of Siṅghaṇa's death, during the reign of Rāmchandra, the Muḥammadans, from the north, swept upon the country and began the conquest of the Dakhan, which they completed in A.D. 1318. Under this inroad of iconoclasts the Hindu and Jaina temples suffered terribly, and their desecration still continued, from time to time, during the next three hundred years, more especially whilst the Dakhan was under the power of Islām.