The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.547

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and Belvoḷa and washed his horses with the waters of the Kṛishṇâ-Veṇâ. It is also stated that "he was again and again reminded by his servants of the honour done to him by the king Paramardideva (Vikramâditya), who said, 'Know the Hoysaḷa alone among all princes to be unconquerable.'"¹ Vikramâditya despatched against these enemies a dependent chief of the name of Âcha or Âchagi, whose territory lay to the south. Âcha, who was "a very lion in war and shining like the hot-rayed sun, sounding his war-cry; pursued and prevailed against Poysaḷa, took Gove, put to flight Lakshma in war, valorously followed after Pâṇḍya, dispersed at all times the Malapas, and seized upon the Konkaṇ."² Âcha must have fought several other battles for his master; for he is represented to have made "the kings of Kaliṅga, Vaṅga, Maru, Gûrjarâ, Mâḷava, Chera, and Choḷa (subject) to his sovereign."³ Vikramâditya himself had to take the field against the Chola prince, who had grown insubordinate. He was defeated and fled, and the king returned to his capital.⁴ Vikramâditya II. constructed a large temple of Vishṇu and had a tank dug in front of it. In the vicinity he founded a town which was called Vikramapura.⁵ He governed his subjects well and they were happy under his rule. The security they enjoyed was so great that, according to Bilhaṇa, "they did not care to close the doors of their houses at night, and instead of thieves the rays of the moon entered through the window openings." He was very liberal and bountiful to the poor and "gave the sixteen great gifts at each holy conjuncture."⁶ That he was a patron of learning is shown by the fact of a Kâśmîrian Paṇḍit like Bilhaṇa, who travelled over the whole of India in quest of support, having been raised by him to the dignity of Vidyâpati or chief Paṇḍit. Vijñâneśvara, the author of the Mitâksharâ, which is at present acknowledged over a large part of India, and especially in the Marâṭhâ country, as the chief authority on matters of civil and religious law, flourished in the reign of Vikramâditya and lived at Kalyâṇa. At the end of most manuscripts of that work there occur three stanzas, which may be translated as follows ⁷: