The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.135

c8.135

Pallava Narasimha I was able to keep his court in Kāñchi. About A.D. 640 he received as a guest Prince Mānavamma of Ceylon, son of Kassapa II, who had left the island on account of internal plots and disturbances, and the two became great friends. Narasimha I reorganized his forces, attacked the Chālukya intruders, fought several battles and gradually drove them back into their own country. In this he was assisted by Mānavamma. . . . His success was such that he was able to advance his armies to the Cāḷukya capital, Bādāmi, finally capturing and destroying the city. This was in A.D. 642. Ever since then he was known by his having assumed the title ‘Vātāpikoṇḍa’ or capturer of Vātāpi (Bādāmi).