The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.376

c8.376

[A.D. 947-949, Parāntaka Chōḷa I died in A.D. 947 and was succeeded by his son Rājāditya I. About this time, and possibly on account of the change in the Chōḷa kingdom, the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Krishna III, aided by his Western Ganga feudatory Būtuga II, made an organized attack on the Chōḷa kingdom. Advancing as far as Takkōla, close to the present railway station at Arconum, he was confronted by his enemy's army led by Rājāditya in person. A battle took place and Būtuga killed Rājāditya. This is believed to have taken place in A. D. 949, and it was certainly not later, though it may have been a little earlier. That Būtuga killed Rājāditya with his own hand seems certain, but the exact details are not well known. The Āṭakūr inscription says that Būtuga acted ‘treacherously’, or ‘stealthily’, but explicitly states that he stabbed Rājāditya with a dagger and killed him. The result of the battle was a victory for the Rāshṭrakūṭas and Krishna III rewarded Būtuga by giving him the lordship of the Baṇavāsi 12000 country. As Būtuga already held the fiefs of Beḷvola, Purigeri, Kisukāḍ and Bāgenāḍ by grant from Amōghavarsha III, king Krishna's father, he became a strong power for the time, being confirmed in those grants by his sovereign.