The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c13.s2.t7: Vijayāditya's Family
The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c13.s2.t7
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Vijayāditya's Family
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Vijayāditya married two wives. His chief queen, the mother of his only son Śaktivarman II, was Mādava, a princess of the Haihaya family.¹ Another queen, Revala by name, is mentioned in a Drākshārāma epigraph dated in A.D. 1065, and she bore him a daughter called Somala who made a gift to the temple of the God Bhīmeśvara in that year.² Beside his two children, Vijayāditya brought up a foster-son called Mummaḍi Bhīma, a prince of the solar race, whom he treated ‘almost like his own son’.³ Bhīma rose to prominence under Rājarāja II, the first Chōḷa viceroy of Vengi under Kulōttunga I, and rendered him valuable assistance in his wars against the Ganga, Kalinga, and Kuntala kings.⁴
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¹ *JAHRS*, v, 47.
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² 182 of 1893; *SII*, iv, 1007.
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³ *ARE*, 1922, pt. ii, para. 6.
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⁴ Ibid.