Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c17.61

c17.61

After Vijayâditya, his son Vikramâditya II ascended the throne A grant of his, engraved on a stone tablet, is dated in 656 Saka and in the second year of his reign,⁴⁷ wherefore he must have come to the throne in 655 Saka or A D 733 Soon after his coronation he had to turn his arms against his hereditary enemy the Pallava king The name of the prince who reigned at the Pallava capital at this time was Nandipotavarman Vikramâditya marched against him in haste and encountered him in the Tudâka country Nandipotavarman was defeated and had to fly away from the battle-field [58] The Châlukya king got a good deal of spoil in the shape of large quantities of rubies, elephants, and instruments of martial music He then entered the city of Kâñchî, but did not destroy it In that city he gave a good deal of money to Brâhmaṇs and to the poor and helpless, and restored to the temples of Râjasimheśvara and other gods the gold which, it appears, had been taken away by some previous king He then fought with the Cholas, the Pâṇḍyas, the Keralas, and the Kaḷabharas, and reduced them ⁴⁸ Vikramâditya married two sisters belonging to the family of the Haihayas The elder of these was called Lokamahâdevî and she built a temple of Śiva under the name of Lokeśvara, at Paṭṭadakal in the Kalâdgi district The younger's name was Trailokyamahâdevî, and she built another in the vicinity dedicated to the same god under the name of Trailokyeśvara The latter was the mother of Kîrtivarman the next king ⁴⁹ Vikramâditya reigned for fourteen years