Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c21.48

c21.48

Siṅghaṇa appointed one Bichaṇa or Bîcha, the son of Chikka and younger brother of Malla, to be governor of the southern provinces and his viceroy there He fought with his master's enemies in the south as Kholeśvara did in the north and kept them in check Bichaṇa is represented to have humbled the Raṭṭas who were petty feudatories in the Southern Marâṭhâ Country, the Kadambas of Koṅkaṇ, *i e* of Goa, the Guttas sprung from the ancient Guptas, who held a principality in the south, the Pâṇḍyas, the Hoysaḷas, and the chiefs of other southern provinces, and to have erected a triumphal column on the banks of the Kâverî³⁰ The date of the grant in which all this is recorded is Śaka 1160 or A D 1238