The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s5.37

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Seuṇachandra was succeeded by Parammadeva who was probably his son, and after him came Simhaṇâja¹ or “King Simha,” whose full name was Siṅghaṇa² and who appears to have been his brother. He is said to have brought an elephant of the name of Karpûratilaka from Lañjîpura and thus did a piece of service to Paramardin, who appears to be Vikramâditya II: of the Châlukya dynasty.³ He was succeeded by his son Mallugi, who took a town of the name of Parnakheṭa from his enemies, and while residing there carried away by force the troop of elephants belonging to the king of Utkala or Orissa.⁴ Then followed his son Amaragâṅgeya⁵ whose name is mentioned in a copper-plate grant issued in the reign of a subsequent king.⁶ After him came Govindarâja who was probably his son. Govindarâja was succeeded by Amaramallagi, a son of Mallugi, and he by Kâliya Ballâḷa. This prince was in all likelihood the son of Amaramallagi, though it is not expressly stated. Ballâḷa’s sons were set aside and the sovereignty of the Yâdava family fell into the hands of his uncle Bhillama,⁷ who was possessed of superior abilities. Bhillama being represented as the uncle of Ballâḷa must have been another son of Mallugi, and he is so spoken of in the grant referred to above.⁸ He got possession of the throne after two of his brothers and their sons, wherefore he must have been a very old man at the time. Hence it is that he reigned only for a short time, having come to the throne in Śaka 1109 and died in 1113. It was this Bhillama who acquired for his family the empire that was ruled over by the Châlukyas.