A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c14.8

c14.8

While the Pāndyan conquest was in progress, Parāntaka had to encounter an invasion from the Rāshtrakūta Krishna II who had succeeded Amoghavarsha in 880. With the aid of his Lāṭa feudatory and kinsman, Krishna II successfully resisted an invasion by the Gurjara ruler Bhoja I and soon after abolished the viceroyalty of Lāṭa, extending his own direct rule into that country. His attempt to subjugate the powerful Vengi ruler Guṇaga Vijayāditya III ended in disaster. He had to seek refuge in the court of his father-in-law, the Chedi king Kakkala, whither the Eastern Chālukya general Paṇḍaranga pursued him. The war ended when Krishna submitted to Vijayāditya, in return for which his capital and kingdom were restored to him. He renewed the conflict, however, after the death of Guṇaga Vijayāditya III, in 892, and invaded Vengi before the new ruler Chālukya Bhima I, a nephew of Vijayāditya, could celebrate his coronation. Chālukya Bhima was defeated and taken prisoner, but soon regained his freedom, cleared the country of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa forces and duly crowned himself king. Some years later Krishna made another unsuccessful attempt to reduce Vengi, but was beaten in two battles at Niravadyapura and Peruvangūru.