The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.339

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sha or "roar of the sea,"¹ of his *khatvânga-dhvaja* or club-banner, and of quantities of elephants and rubies; that he then entered Kâñchî, which, however, he refrained from destroying; that there he acquired great merit by granting heaps of gold to the Râjasimhêśvara and other temples which Narasimhavarman II. had caused to be built; and that, having destroyed the power of the Pândya, Chôla, Kêrala, Kalabhra, and other kings, he set up a pillar of victory on the shore of the southern ocean. The conquest of Kâñchî is mentioned in the Paṭṭadakal inscriptions. That Vikramâditya II. did really enter Kâñchî, is proved by the remains of an inscription of his at the Râjasimhêśvara temple. And there appears to have been, in this reign, also a second expedition against the Pallavas, led by Vikramâditya's son Kîrtivarman I., as *Yuvarâja*. From the Nausârî grant of A. D. 739,² we learn that in the time of Vikramâditya II. there was a formidable invasion of Gujarât by the Tâjikas or Arabs.³ The Tâjikas are described as having already destroyed the Saindhava,⁴ Kachchhella,⁵ Saurâshṭra,⁶ Châvôṭaka,⁷ Maurya,⁸ and Gurjara⁹ kings. And then, the record says, wishing to enter the Dekkan with the desire of conquering all the southern kings, they came in the first instance to reduce the Navasârikâ country, *i.e.* the province of Lâṭa.¹⁰ There, however, they were met and conquered by the feudatory Chalukya prince Avanijanâśraya-Pulikêśin. And it seems likely that Pulikêśin then annexed the Gurjara territory, and made it a part of the dominions of the dynasty to a subordinate branch to which he belonged.