The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.60.3

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and the last specific name in this portion of it, is that of Satânîka. Then comes the legendary connection of the Chalukyas with the preceding. Without any specification of names, we are told that, including Udayana, fifty-nine emperors sat on the throne at Ayôdhyâ, in unbroken lineal succession.³ Then a member of the family, named Vijayâditya, came to the south, from a desire for conquest, and attacked Trilôchana-Pallava, but lost his life in the attempt. His queen, who was pregnant, escaped with some of her attendants, and, being preserved by a saint named Vishṇubhaṭṭa-Sômayâjin, gave birth to a posthumous son named Vishṇuvardhana. The young prince was nourished; and, having done worship to the goddess Gaurî on the mountain called Chalukyagiri.⁴ he at length assumed all the royal insignia of the family,¹ conquered the Kadamba, Gaṅga, and other kings, and established himself as emperor of all the Dekkan, including seven and a half lâkhs of villages, lying between the Bridge of Râma, i.e. Adam’s Bridge or the ridge of rocks connecting Ceylon with the Coromandel coast, and the Narmadâ.² The historical genealogy is introduced at this point, with the name of Pulikêśin I. It is connected with the preceding, by making him the son of the second Vijayâditya mentioned above. But, in reality, he was the son of Raṇarâga, who was the son of Jayasiṁha I.