The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s13.99

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says that he succeeded on the death of Dantidurga¹ but the record that approximates most closely to his own time, and therefore is more probably correct, states that he uprooted his relative (Dantidurga), who had resorted to evil ways, and appropriated the kingdom to himself, for the benefit of his family;² and there are indications elsewhere in support of this. He completed the establishment of the Rāshṭrakūṭa supremacy by finally overthrowing Kīrtivarman II.: thus, the Waṇī grant of A. D. 807 says that he "quickly tore away the goddess of fortune from the Chalukya family, which was hard to be overcome by others;³ and the Barōda grant of A. D. 811 or 812 says that he "transformed into a deer, i. e. put to flight, the great boar, the crest of the Chalukyas, which was seized with an itching for battle, and which, kindled with the warmth of bravery, attacked him;⁴ this event must be placed after A. D. 757, which is the latest date that we have for Kīrtivarman II. Also, other records describe him as extending his sovereignty by conquering a certain Rāhapa, Rāhappa, or Rāhapya,⁵ whose identity has not yet been made quite clear, but whose high position and power are indicated by the statement that, by conquering him, Kṛishṇa I. attained supreme sovereignty, resplendent by numerous pālidhvaja-banners. And one of his achievements was to have constructed in the hill at Elāpura, i. e. at Veṛūḷ, Yeṛūḷ, Yeṛuḷa, Eḷūrā, or Ellōrā, in the Nizām's Dominions, an elaborate temple of Śiva which is to be identified with the so-called Kailāsa temple.⁶