Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c7.s3.3

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The Chālukyas conquered their Gujarāt provinces from the south after subduing the Konkan Mauryas of Purī either Rājapurī that is Janjira or Elephanta in Bombay harbour. The fifth century Vāda inscription of king Pulakesin I proves that this Maurya dynasty ruled in the Konkan for at least a century before they came into collision with the Chālukyas under Kīrtivarman.¹ They were finally defeated and their capital Purī taken by Chandadanda an officer of Pulakesi II. (A.D. 610-640).² The Chālukyas then pressed northwards, and an inscription at Aihole in South Bijapur records that as early as A.D. 634 the kings of Lāta, Mālava and Gurjjara submitted to the prowess of Pulakesi II. (A.D. 610-640).