The Colas c21.11

c21.11

According to Bilhaṇa's account, at the end of a hard contest in which the armies of Sōmēśvara and Kulōttunga engaged the forces of Vikrama, 'the Draviḍa lord fled the field and Sōmadēva entered the prison.'²⁷ Vikrama then retired to the Tungabhadrā. He intended to restore his captive brother to liberty and to the throne, but, as on the eve of the battle, Śiva interposed a second time in a dream and commanded Vikrama to assume the sovereignty himself,²⁸ and he did so. He also made his younger brother Jayasimha viceroy at Banavāse.²⁹ After some further expeditions and conquests, of which no details are forthcoming, and after once more extinguishing the valour of the Cōḷa,³⁰ he duly entered his capital Kalyāṇa.