The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.138
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.138
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c8.138
That this complete defeat of Pulakēśin II really occurred is supported by admissions in their own records which state that, after the destruction of Bādāmi, the city ‘was left without a sovereign for thirteen years.’ It is a fact that there is no known record of Pulakēśin II after A.D. 642, and that his successor only began to reign in 655. Pulakēśin is said to have been killed in the war.