A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c13.8
A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c13.8
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c13.8
Pulakeśin then made his younger brother Vishnuvardhana yuvarāja and, leaving him in charge of the capital, he started on an extensive campaign of conquest in the eastern Deccan. Southern Kosala and Kalinga made their submission first. Pishtapura was then attacked and reduced. In a hard-fought battle on the shores of the Kunāla (Colair) lake, the power of the Vishnukundins was broken and subdued. Then came the turn of the Pallavas whose rise we must now trace before proceeding further.