Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s9.5

c8.s9.5

Though these details appear very circumstantial, the origin of the Chalukyas is far from clear.¹ The name Chalukya, as I have pointed out, bears a suggestive resemblance to Seleukia, and the Pallavas being of Parthian connection, as their name implies, we have a plausible explanation of the inveterate hatred between the two, and their prolonged struggles were thus but a sequel of the contests between Seleucidæ and Arsacidæ on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates.