A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c14.29

c14.29

Anxious to wipe out the disgrace of Koppam, Someśvara soon renewed the war. The death of Rājārāja in Vengi (1061) enabled him to put Śaktivarman II, the son of Vijayāditya VII, on the throne and send a strong force to his assistance under Chāmundarāja. He also sent his sons Vikramāditya and Jayasimha into Gangavādi to invade that part of the Chola territory. Rājendra II met the challenge on both fronts aided by his son Rājamahendra and his brother Virarājendra. In Vengi Chāmundarāja was defeated and killed, Śaktivarman II also meeting his end in the same engagement. The Chālukya invaders of Gangavādi were driven back in disorder and heavily defeated in a battle at Kūdal-Sangamam, that is, Kūdali at the junction of the Tunga and Bhadra in the Mysore country. Someśvara's attempt to reverse the verdict of Koppam thus ended in failure (1061-2). Soon after occurred the deaths of the Chola yuvarāja Rājamahendra and his father Rājendra II, and Virarājendra became king (1063).