The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s14.153

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and offering him a daughter in marriage, on the condition that he retired to the Tungabhadra.¹ Vikramaditya accepted the proposals; and the marriage was duly celebrated. Shortly afterwards, however, the news reached him that his father-in-law was dead, and that the Chola kingdom was in a state of anarchy. He then proceeded to Kanchi, the Chola capital; put down the rebellion there; and, going on to Gangakunda, secured the throne for his brother-in-law, probably Parakesarivarman, otherwise called Adhirajendradeva.² He then marched back to the Tungabhadra. But he heard, almost immediately, that his brother-in-law had lost his life in a fresh rebellion, and that Rajiga, the lord of Vengi,—i.e. the Eastern Chalukya king Kulottunga-Chodadeva I., whose original appellation was Rajendra-Choda,—had seized the throne of Kanchi.³ He at once prepared to march against Rajiga. The latter induced Somesvara II. to enter into an alliance against their mutual enemy. When Vikramaditya at length reached Rajiga's forces, Somesvara's army was encamped, with hostile intentions, not far off in his rear. And in the battle which ensued, and in which Vikramaditya was victorious, Rajiga fled, and Somesvara was taken prisoner. The narrative says that Vikramaditya at first intended to restore his brother to liberty and to the throne. But eventually he decided otherwise, had himself proclaimed king, and then, appointing Jayasimha III. viceroy at Banavasi, proceeded to Kalyana, and established himself there. In the events which ended thus, he appears to have received important assistance from the Yadava prince Seuachandra II., of the Seuna country, who, according to the introduction to Hemadri's *Vratakhanda*, saved Vikramaditya from a coalition of his enemies and placed him on the throne of Kalyana.⁴ What ultimately became of Somesvara II. is not known.