A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c14.31

c14.31

Someśvara I was succeeded by his eldest son of the same name, but the ambition of his younger brother Vikramāditya began to assert itself almost from the beginning. Hardly had Someśvara II come to the throne than Virarājendra led a vigorous attack against him, laid siege to Gutti and attacked Kampili. Vikramāditya turned the troubles of his brother into his opportunity. He seduced his feudatories from loyalty to their lawful monarch, and with their aid entered into negotiations with Virarājendra. The result was a total revolution in the diplomatic relations among the states and a virtual partition of the Chālukyan kingdom. Vijayāditya made his submission to Virarājendra and consented to rule the Vengi kingdom as his feudatory. Two of Virarājendra's daughters were given in marriage, one to Vikramāditya himself and the other to the Kalinga Ganga prince Rājarāja; and within the Chālukyan kingdom Vikramāditya VI was installed as *yuvarāja* with almost independent rule over the southern half of the empire. Thus it looked as if the eternal feud between the Cholas and the Chālukyas had at last come to an end.