Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.106

c18.106

places six princes only between Kîrtivarman II and Tailapa There is little question that there was no continuity of tradition The titles Jagadekamalla, Tribhuvanamalla, &c , which the later Châlukyas assumed mark them off distinctively from princes of the earlier dynasty, who had none like them In a copper-plate grant dated Śaka 735 found in Maisur a Châlukya prince of the name of Vimalâditya, the son of Yasovarman and grandson of Balavarman, is mentioned To ward off the evil influence of Saturn from Vimalâditya, a village was granted to a Jaina sage on behalf of a Jaina temple by Govinda III , the Râshṭrakûṭa king, at the request of Châkirâja of the Gaṅga family, the maternal uncle of Vimalâditya ² These three Châlukya names do not occur in the usual genealogy of the family This therefore appears to have been an independent branch Another independent offshoot ruled over a province called Jola, a portion of which at least is included in the modern district of Dhârvâḍ In the Kanarese Bhârata [80] written in 863 Śaka by a Jaina poet of the name of Pampa, Arikesarin belonging to this branch, is mentioned by the poet as his patron The genealogy there given is as follows :—