The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.136

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Maṅgalêśa aimed,—as we have already seen,—at securing the succession after himself for a son of his own, not mentioned by name. Kîrtivarman I., however, had left certainly two sons,—Pulikêśin II., and Viṣṇuvardhana I., whose name means "the increase of Viṣṇu," and who was also called Kubja-Viṣṇuvardhana;³ and, if the Nirpan grant is to be trusted, also a third son named Jayasiṁhavarman, "he whose armour is the lion of victory." And there ensued discord and civil war between Maṅgalêśa and Pulikêśin II., in the course of which the former lost his life. It is evidently because of these occurrences that all the subsequent records pass Maṅgalêśa over without any mention.⁴ After his death, there was a period of anarchy and confu-