A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c13.19

c13.19

There was a lull in the conflict between the Chālukyas and Pallavas during the generally peaceful and prosperous reign of Vikramāditya's son, Vinayāditya (681-96). Vinayāditya led an expedition into Northern India, in which his son Vijayāditya greatly distinguished himself, but that is all. Vijayāditya's was the longest reign (696-733) of the Bādāmi period and perhaps also the most prosperous and peaceful. It was marked by great activity in temple-building. He was followed by his son Vikramāditya II (733-44) in the first years of whose reign the Arabs who had established themselves in Sind and conquered the neighbouring lands made a push into the Deccan, but were stopped effectively by Pulakeśin, a son of that Jayasimhavarman who had stood by his brother, Vikramāditya I. Vikramāditya II so appreciated the service of Pulakeśin that he conferred on him the titles, among others, of Avanijanāśraya, meaning ‘refuge of the people of the earth’. The Rāshtrakūta Dantivarman, another feudatory of the Cālukya emperor, also co-operated in the war against the Arabs and earned the appreciation of his suzerain.