The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s6.15

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Bhillama then endeavoured to extend his territory farther southwards, but he was opposed by Vîra Ballâla, who, as we have seen, had been pushing his conquests northwards. It was a contest for the possession of an empire and was consequently arduous and determined. Several battles took place between the two rivals, and eventually a decisive engagement was fought at Lokkigundi, now Lakkundi, in the Dhârvâd District, in which Jaitrasimha, who is compared to "the right arm of Bhillama" and must have been his son, was defeated and Vîra Ballâla became sovereign of Kuntala. The inscription in which this is recorded bears the date Śaka 1114 or A.D. 1192;⁴ and Vîra Ballâla who made the grant recorded in it was at that time encamped with his victorious army at Lokkigundi, from which it would appear that the battle had taken place but a short time before. The northern Yâdavas had to put off the conquest of Kuntala or the Southern Marâthâ Country for a generation.