The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.430

c8.430

A.D. 973. The Rāshṭrakūṭa power which had subdued and ruled over large parts of Southern India succumbed in this year. King Khoṭṭiga had been defeated by Sīyaka II alias Harsha, the Paramāra king of Malwa about two years earlier (so Dr. Barnett’s chronology), and this greatly weakened him. In 973 the representative of the old Western-Chāḷukya dynasty which had been sunk in oblivion for over two hundred years, Tailapa or Taila II, afterwards called ‘Āhavamalla,’ ruling apparently some tract under the Rāshṭrakūṭas, revolted against the new king Kakkala and completely defeated him. Tailapa, no doubt by long preparation, had made himself powerful enough to accomplish this great design, and by his success he reestablished the fortunes of the Western Chāḷukya family. He held Bellary and parts at least of Mysore for a few years till the coming of Rājarāja Chola I. (I. A. viii. 15.)