The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c33.26

c33.26

In A. D. 655, Vikramāditya I, a son of Pulakēsin, restored the fallen fortunes of his family, inflicting in A. D. 674 a severe defeat upon the Pallavas, whose strongly fortified capital, Kāñchī, was captured. The struggle with the southern power long continued, and victory inclined now to one side and now to the other. During this reign a branch of the Chalukya dynasty succeeded in establishing itself in Gujarāt, where in the next century it offered vigorous opposition to the Arabs.