The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c10.17

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In order to understand properly the incidents in the career of Indra I it is necessary first to take a bird's-eye view of contemporary political conditions. The Chālukya empire lay to the south of the growing kingdom of Indra; its emperor Vijayāditya was his feudal lord. To the west lay the principality of the Gujarāt Chālukyas with its capital at Naosarī in the Surat District, and the kingdom of the Gurjaras with its capital at Nāndipurī or Nandod, about 28 miles north-east of Bhroach. Both these kingdoms were smaller in extent and resources than the growing kingdom of Indra. The Chālukya king Maṅgalarāja Vinayāditya was ruling at Naosarī from *c.* A.D. 700 to 732. The Gurjara king Jayabhaṭa III was on the Nāndipurī throne during almost exactly the same period (*c.* A.D. 700-35). Indra's contemporary at Valabhī was Śīlāditya V (*c.* A.D. 710-40); the districts of Kaira and Panchmahal in Northern Gujarāt were under his control.