The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.447

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c8.447

June 8, 980. In a village near Belgaum is an inscription of the W. Chāḷukya king Tailapa II. It states that he conquered the ‘Chōḷas and Lāṭas,’ and ‘cut off the heads’ of Raṇasthamba (unidentified) and Kakkala (Rāshṭrakūṭa) (I. I. xvi. 1). (This story of decapitation appears to be mere poetry.)

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