The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c14.33

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Seuṇachandra was further a skilful diplomat. When the struggle for the throne arose between the two brothers in his overlord’s family, he was able to judge correctly as to which would ultimately be successful. He threw in his lot with the younger son Vikramāditya and offered him substantial aid in overthrowing his elder brother, the reigning emperor Someśvara II. Victory was by no means easily attained, for the revolution in the Choḷa capital had put an end to Vikramāditya’s hopes of receiving any help from that quarter; the new Choḷa king Vira-Rājendra in fact had championed the cause of Someśvara II. Erammadeva, Seuṇachandra’s eldest son and destined heir, co-operated with his father in these campaigns against Someśvara II.⁴ He succeeded his father in about 1085 and may be presumed to have ruled down to about *c.* A.D. 1105. No events of his reign are known to us. He was succeeded in turn by his brother Siṃharāja, who is credited with having helped in the completion of the Karpūravrata of his overlord Vikramāditya VI by procuring for him a Karpūra elephant. His reign may be placed between about A.D. 1105 and 1120.