The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.283

c8.283

[In some year between A.D. 877, the first year of the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Krishna II, and 888, the last year of the Eastern Chāḷukya king Guṇaka-Vijayāditya III, the latter; in the course of his war with the former, captured Krishna’s capital city Malkhēḍ (Mānyakhēṭa), sacked and burned it. Vijayāditya held the place for a time and then retired. That this really took place is proved by the Cambay plates (below s.v., A.D. 930), which, from a Rāshṭrakūṭa point of view, mention that during their king Krishna’s reign ‘his enemies abandoned Mānyakhēṭa.’ It is possible however that this retreat did not take place till somewhat later than A.D. 888 though it must have taken place before A.D. 913 when Krishna’s reign ended.]