The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.123
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.123
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Pulakēśin (A.D. 609-642) was very successful. He drove the Mauryas from the Konkan, completely crushed the Kadambas of Baṇavāśi, defeated king Harsha of Kanauj about A. D. 620 when the latter tried a campaign to his south; defeated the Pallava Mahēndra I and drove him out from the northern Telugu country, taking the city of Pithāpūr; and defeated also the kings of Kōsala and Kalinga (*Ep. Ind. ix, 200*). He established his brother Kubja Vishṇuvardhana at Vengi, and the latter became the founder of the very important Eastern Chāḷukya dynasty. (*Ear. Hist. Dekh., p. 2; Ep. Ind. iii, 2.*)