Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.15

c18.15

Kṛishṇarâja, otherwise called Śubhatuṅga and also Akâlavarsha, carried on the work of Dantidurga and reduced the Châlukyas to complete subjection In two of the grants¹¹ he is spoken of "as having with the aid of gods in the form of his counsellors or followers churned the ocean of the Chalukya race which had been resorted to by mountains in the shape of kings afraid of their wings or power being destroyed¹²—an ocean that was inaccessible to others,—and drawn out from it the Lakshmî'¹³ of paramount sovereignty He is said to have defeated Râhappa who was proud of his own power and prowess, and afterwards assumed the ensigns of supreme sovereignty Who¹⁴ this person was we have not the means of determining In the Wardhâ plates he is represented to have constructed many temples of Śiva, [64] which resembled the Kailâsa mountain ¹⁵