History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c15.s4.26

c15.s4.26

101 A. The Chālukyas must have extinguished the Vākāṭakas. Pulakeśin I performed his Aśvamedha about 550 A.D. at Vātāpi (Bijapur district).¹ This should be taken as marking the close of the Vākāṭaka kingdom. The imperial symbols of Gaṅgā and Yamunā would thus be taken over by the Chālukyas from the Vākāṭakas (§ 86) at this period, which in later times would naturally be regarded by the Chālukyas as their own hereditary symbols coming down from the very foundation of the family.² Harisheṇa had under him either Jayasimha or Raṇarāga [the grandfather and father of Pulakeśin I]. Harisheṇa is recorded to have subjugated or made obedient to himself (.....svanirdeśa.....) the rulers which had been feudatories of the Vākāṭakas with the new addition of Andhra.