Ancient History of the Deccan c6.s4.11
Ancient History of the Deccan c6.s4.11
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Ind., Vol. VI, No. 1, page 8) says that Maṅgalêśa “took in marriage the Fortune of the Kaṭachchuris” and seized upon the isle of Rêvatî; it was perhaps in this island that Svâmirâja reigned. The Aihole inscription adds: “when his elder brother’s son named Pulakêśin had formed the resolution to wander abroad as an exile, that Maṅgalêśa abandoned together with the effort to secure the kingdom for his own son, both his kingdom and his life”. This event took place in 608 A. D. Pulakêśin was formally crowned in the following year.