Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c21.69

c21.69

Kṛishṇa was succeeded by his brother Mahâdeva in 1182 Śaka or 1260 A D "He was a tempestuous wind that blew away the heap of cotton in the shape of the king of the Tailaṅga country, the prowess of his arm was like a thunderbolt that shattered the mountain in the shape of the pride of the swaggering Gûr призна, he destroyed the king of Konkan with ease, and reduced the arrogant sovereigns of Karnâta and Lâṭa to mockery "⁴⁶ The Gûrjara here mentioned must be Vîsaladeva noticed above, as Mahâdeva is represented in the Paithan grant to have vanquished him,⁴⁷ and the king of Karnâta was probably a Hoysaḷa Yâdava of Haḷebîd "King Mahâdeva never killed a woman, a child, or one who submitted to him, knowing this and being greatly afraid of him, the Andhras placed a woman on the throne,