The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.14
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.14
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In the east he made himself master of Vengī, between the Krishnā and Godāvarī, and established his brother Kubja Vishnuvardhana there as viceroy in A. D. 611, with his capital at the stronghold of Pishtapura, now Pithāpuram in the Godāvarī District.¹ A few years later, about A. D. 615, this prince set up as an independent sovereign, and founded the line of the Eastern Chalukyas,² which lasted until A. D. 1070, when it was absorbed into the Chola dynasty.