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Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.198

Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.198

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c18.198

and semi-independent chiefs Vijayârka, the Mahâmaṇḍaleśvara of Kolhâpur, was one of those who assisted him,⁷⁴ and Prolarâja of the Kâkateya dynasty of Tailangana, who is represented to have fought with Tailapa, did so probably to advance the same cause ⁷⁵ He kept his master Tailapa under complete subjection till Śaka 1079 or A D 1157, when Tailapa left Kalyâna and fled to Annigeri in the Dhârvâḍ district, which now became the capital of his kingdom greatly reduced in extent There is an inscription dated Śaka 1079, in Vijjana's name, the cyclic [91] year being *Iśvara*, and the next Samvatsara, *Bahudhânya*, is spoken of as the second year of his reign ⁷⁶ He does not however seem to have assumed the titles of supreme sovereignty till Śaka 1084, when he marched against Tailapa II, who was at Annigeri, and proclaimed himself an independent monarch Tailapa seems then to have gone further south and established himself at Banavâsî ⁷⁷ The latest year @H Assumption of supreme sovereignty by Vijjala of his reign mentioned in the inscriptions is the fifteenth, the Samvatsara or cyclic year being *Pârthiva*, which was current next after Śaka 1087 ⁷⁸