The Rashtrakutas and their Times c12.s2.4
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c12.s2.4
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c12.s2.4
Kṛṣṇa first turned his attention to the south. In Gangavadi his brother-in-law Būtuga was upon the throne; the Bāṇa prince Vikramāditya III was an ally of his, since he calls himself a dear friend of Kṛṣṇarāja.¹³ The Chola king Parāntaka was an ambitious ruler; he had conquered Bāṇavādi and put the Ganga-Bāṇa prince, Pṛthvīpati II Hastimalla in its charge. Kṛṣṇa decided to attack the Chola kingdom, apparently to reinstate Vikramāditya III, but really to annex as much of the south as possible to his empire.