History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c34.s2.25

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He was succeeded by his son Karna who was a still greater king than he. His conquests were more extensive and his dominion extended into Bihar beyond Benares in which city he built a temple named Karnameru. He is often styled Lord of Trikalinga (Ep. Ind. II p. 305) in inscriptions of the Chedi family and he appears to have conquered large portions of Telangana from the Cholas. He founded the town named Karnāvati (now the village Karnabel close to Tewar) and gave it to Brahmins learned in the Vedas (Ep. Ind. II p. 3). He conquered many kings and the list as usual includes Chola, Pāndya, Murala, Anga, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga etc. and he is said to have devastated Champāranya (Ep. Ind. II p. 10). Kielhorn thought that Champārnya was some minor place in C. P. but Mr. Jayaswal has rightly shown that it is the ordinary Champāranya of Bihar and Karna's conquest extended as far as that place (Journal Bihar and Orissa 1924). He was waited upon by 136 princes (Gaurīshanker's Tod). His overrunning Malwa after the death of Bhoja and driving away his son has already been mentioned. This fact is noted in the Paramāra Nagpur Praśasti but strangely enough is not mentioned in any Chedi inscription. Probably Malwa was not long retained by him, being regained by Udayāditya and there is thus no mention of this victory in Chedi records.