Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.154

c18.154

keśi is represented to have submitted to Vikramâditya and "given him more wealth than he desired, and thus to have rendered lasting the smile on the face of the Konkan ladies."⁴² Jayakeśi appears thus to have been king of the Koṅkaṇ, and was the same as the first king of that name, who in the copper-plate grants of the Goa Kadambas, published by Dr. Fleet, is spoken of as having entered into an alliance with the Châlukya and Chola kings and made Gopakapattana or Goa his capital. Vikramâditya or Tribhuvanamalla in after-life gave his daughter Mailalamahâdevî in marriage to his grand son, who also was called Jayakeśi, and this circumstance is mentioned in all the three grants, since the connection with the paramount sovereign of the Dekkan raised the dignity of the family.⁴³ The king of the Alupas⁴⁴ also rendered his obeisance to the Châlukya prince, who showed him marks of favour. He then subjugated the Keralas or people of Malabâr, and turned towards the country of the Draviḍas or