Ancient History of the Deccan c6.s4.9

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The inscription of Mahâkûṭa (near Bâdâmi) [Ind. Ant., Vol. XIX, page 7] says that Kirtivarman gained victories in the following countries : Vaṅga and Aṅga (E. and W. Bengal), Kaliṅga, Vaṭṭûra, Magadha, Madraka, Kêraḷa, Gaṅga, Mûshaka, Pâṇḍya, Dramiḷa, Chôḷiya, Âḷuka (the Âḷuvas or Âḷupas, in the N.-E of Banavâsi) and Vijayanti. Again, the Aihole inscription says that Kirtivarman was a "night of doom to the Naḷas, the Mauryas and the Kadambas." The Naḷas probably occupied Naḷavâḍi (mentioned in plates of Vikramâditya I) near Bellary and Karnûl districts. The Mauryas were a people of Northern Koṅkaṇ (see Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part. II., page 282). A stone discovered at Vâḍa in the Thâna district (see Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. XIV, page 373) mentions the Maurya Seketuvarman. We have already spoken of the defeat of the Kadambas a little before 570 A. D. It would appear that Kirtivarman defeated a confederation of Kadamba princes probably Kṛishṇavarman II and his feudatories. In the 12th year of his reign, Kirtivarman had as Yuvamahârâja his young brother Maṅgaḷêśa; and it is this prince that had one of the caves of Bâdâmi dug in the year 500 of the Śaka era, which corresponds to 578 A. D. (Ind. Ant., Vol. III, page 305; Vol. VI, page 363; Vol. X, page 58). Kirtivarman married a princess of the Sêndraka family who was the daughter of Sênânanda râja (Chipḷuṇ plates, Ep. Ind., Vol. III, page 51). Of this union was born a son named Puḷakêśin II. This prince was probably very young when his father died and the crown passed to Maṅgaḷêśa, the brother (or half-brother, Ind. Ant., Vol. XIX., page 15) of Kirtivarman I.