The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s14.252

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Nolambavâḍi thirty-two-thousand;¹ and, as that province was a regular part of the Western Châlukya empire, Bijjala must then have been filling some high office under Jagadêkamalla II. In this reign, again,—or else towards the close of the preceding reign,—the Hoysalas and others were aggressive, and, as on the previous occasion, were repulsed by the instrumentality of the Sindas; Permâḍi I., of that family, is described as vanquishing Kulaśêkharânka, besieging Chaṭṭa, pursuing Jayakêśin, and seizing upon the royal power of the Hoysala who was foremost among fierce rulers of the earth, and as going to the mountain passes of the “marauder” Biṭṭiga, *i.e.* the Hoysala Vishṇuvardhana,—besieging Dôrasamudra,—pursuing him till he arrived at the city of Bêḷupura,—and driving him on as far as the mountain pass of Vâhaḍi.²