The Rashtrakutas and their Times c11.7

c11.7

The political relations between the Chālukyas of Vengi and Kṛṣṇa II are very difficult to determine at present. A synthesis of the known facts in this connection presents almost insuperable difficulties. Vijayāditya III (c. 844-c. 888 A.D.) and Bhīma I (c. 888-c. 918 A.D.) were the Chālukya contemporaries of Kṛṣṇa II. We have seen how Amoghavarsha claims to have defeated the Vengi ruler and how the Idar record admits that towards the end of the reign of Vijayāditya III, Vengi Maṇḍala was overrun by the Raṭṭas. The Kaluchamburu grant, however, states how Bhīma I defeated a great army sent by Kṛṣṇavallabha along with some relatives of his own and then protected the earth.(5) It is, thus, clear that Bhīma I succeeded in regaining independence for his house sometime in the reign of Kṛṣṇa II.