The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.207
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.207
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c8.207
[We learn from this that the Rāshṭrakūṭas really humbled the Eastern Chāḷukyas at this time, whose king was Vishṇuvardhana IV, though it need not be assumed that the former actually annexed the Vengi country. At a later date, A.D. 794, the Paithān plates state that Gōvinda II was opposed to the Vengi ruler; and it is a boast of the Eastern Chāḷukya Vijayāditya II that he ‘fought 108 battles in 12½ years against Gangas and Raṭṭas,’ i.e., Rāshṭrakūṭas. Though his reign was 30 years later than A.D. 770, it shews that the two powers were hostile to one another.