The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s13.337.3

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doubtless, the followers of the Chaulukya king, Mûlarâja of Aṇhilwâḍ, who had entertained the idea of seizing the hill-forts of Kâlañjara and Chitrakûṭa. Also, the Lakshmêshwar record speaks of a campaign to the north, in which the Gurjara king was conquered by Mârasimha under the orders of Krishna: this campaign is mentioned again in one of the Sravana-Belgola inscriptions,¹ and the Lakshmêshwar record, speaking of Krishna III. as "the king who was a very Antaka (Death) to the Chôḷa," shews that it must have taken place after A. D. 949-50. Other records of interest in connection with this reign are—two inscriptions at Kyâsanûr in the Dhârwâr District, dated in A. D. 945-46, which tell us that the government of the Banavâsi province was then in the hands of the Mahâsâmanta Kali-Viṭṭa, of the Chellakêtana family, as a feudatory of Krishna III.; and some later records of the Raṭṭa chieftains of Saundaṭṭi which shew that it was he who brought that family to the front, by raising a religious student named Prithvîrâma to the rank and authority of a Mahâsâmanta and also claim that the Raṭṭas were descended from him.² Another feudatory of his was Vandiga or Vaddiga, of the Yâdava family of Sêuṇadêśa.³